The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the growing number of youth groups supporting the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, does not constitute a threat to its electoral chances in 2023.
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate’s movement tagged ‘Obi-dient’, with over 250 support groups are currently making waves nationwide.
APC’s National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, during the inauguration of a national task force for the registration and revalidation of youth-based support groups at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, described the development as a ruse.
He said the Obi-dient movement wouldn’t stop APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, from sweeping the 2023 poll, adding that the decision by the Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee to inaugurate the support groups is aimed at achieving the goal.
Israel said: “The lion is not threatened by the noise of the rat. You must understand that we have continued to play our part and the youth wing of the party has continued to rise to the occasion.
“While we are not threatened or sitting on our hands, we are taking responsibility. That is why we have this crop of young people who are passionate about change. We believe that the future of the party belongs to us. That is why we have co-opted all of these dynamic gentlemen to come together.”
