Regarding the 2018 general election, Prof. Christopher Imumolen, the presidential candidate for the Accord Party (AP), claimed that the Labour Party (LP) is "as bad as the two others put together," if not worse, than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Imumolen made a statement during a recent Twitter Spaces event that Japheth Omojuwa sponsored.
Imumolen lauded Peter Obi, the LP's presidential candidate, as a remarkable man who has achieved success for himself, but he bemoaned the debacle of the party he is running for.
Instead, the AP's candidate for president pledged to oversee a diverse administration and asserted that he was “the one man to change the country and make Nigeria the giant of the world. I possess the desire, value and mindset to change the Nigerian narrative.”
He advised the Labour Party to reconsider its ideology, describing it as more corrupt, rudderless, and bothersome than the APC and PDP, who have ruled the federal government for the previous 24 years.
He said, “We don’t buy the ideologies of APC or PDP. Anyone in either of these parties can’t change the country because they are a part of the problem, as it were.
“Peter Obi of the Labour Party is a fine man who has done well for himself. But he is in a party that has done even worse than APC and PDP. That is the problem.
“The Labour Party is even worse than the aforementioned two. That is why the party is having a series of issues. Mention one party that is having problems with suspension…suspending their youth leader. So, you have a fine man in a bad political party.
“Peter Obi is a man that is okay, but he’s in a political party that is not okay. Labour Party as we speak now, is more corrupt and has more problems than APC and PDP.”
As an additional point, Imumolen said, “For Labour Party, the last Anambra State gubernatorial candidate in the previous election, are you aware that the candidate was kidnapped on the eve of the election? Till today, he has not been seen.
“So you can see that the party has some elements of people that are not after elections; they are after something else. When it comes to monetisation, they are even worse. Obi should be cautious. I am telling you. I was there, but I had to leave.
“The party that cannot deliver that change that Nigeria wants. We have to look at that because no one man can fix this nation.”
He then said, “None of them has been doing anything. Please inquire as to their activities outside of public service.
“I am one detribalised Nigerian. People don’t even know I’m from Edo State. We need a leader to unite Nigeria and create employment for Nigerian youths. I have been serving the people for many years.
“We intend to win the election. As digital and analytical professors, we know where our numbers will come from.
“I’m sure of 15 million votes. We are in the race to win.”
Since he did not come up through a corrupt system, Prof. Imumolen, who is only 39 years old, says he is the obvious candidate for the millions of Nigerians who want to see the status quo toppled.