Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party may win the 2023 presidential election. This is the position of foremost political economist, Professor Pat Utomi.

Utomi made the prediction in qn interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.

Dismissing the notion that the Labour Party presidential candidate is only popular on social media, Utomi said Obi can claim victory as he has all it takes to win the election.

Referencing recent elections conducted across Africa, Utomi said people who were ridiculed and believed to be ‘internet champions’ won elections in most of the elections including that of Malawi, Zambia, Kenya and Botswana.

“Look at what is happening in Africa in the recent elections — Malawi, Zambia, Kenya and Botswana – all of the people that were ridiculed as internet champions won,” Utomi said.

“Africans are fed up with the government that does not work. Politicians display this obsessive self-love and they do trade off in transactions for their self-interest, forgetting the people. This is what has kept Nigeria below par.

“The youths of Africa are saying this cannot continue. They proved it in Kenya, Malawi and they are going to prove it in Nigeria.”

According to the Labour Party chieftain, youths are tired of bad governance and will change the narrative next year.

Utomi said, "Nigerian youths are now willing to rescue their country.”

According to the political economist, Nigerian youths constitute the huge population of Africa’s most populous country.

He stated: “We have a strategy that is so clear. You know, elections in Nigeria have been producing low turnouts yearly even though the population is growing. Why is that ?

“Traditionally, most of those votes (referring to previous elections) came from rigging. Electoral law has made it more difficult to do those things.

“Young people, who typically say, ‘let them do what they want to do, have said enough is enough, we cannot japa, we have to stay here and save our country.’

“And these young people constitute a huge part of the population. The strategy is to make those young people not just voters but protectors of the votes.”