FLASHBACK: I warned PDP about the 'Peter Obi effect' before presidential elections - PDP Chieftain

Former Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu had warned his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, about the “Peter Obi effect” before the presidential elections

Ikpeazu, a chieftain of the party said he predicted the effect Peter Obi will have on the party following his defection.

Recall that Peter Obi had defected from the PDP to the Labour Party after it emerged Atiku Abubakar would be the likely person to represent the party in the elections.

Obi dumped the PDP before the party’s presidential primary.

Since joining the LP, Obi became a household name among Nigerians who believed he should be the next president.

However, Ikpeazu, in a statement he signed, said: “That Peter Obi effect, I predicted it and told my party. I even volunteered that reasonable politicians should not ignore what Peter Obi was doing.

“What would happen going forward will be determined by how Peter Obi manages the groundswell of support that he had gathered.

“How is he going to funnel this towards an agenda that can eventually materialise in his dream?”