We thought Obidient movement was a joke – Former Minister, Labaran Maku, says

Former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Labaran Maku, has said that many people including himself had perceived the Obidient movement and Peter Obi of labour Party as a joke

Speaking on Channels TV today March 28, Maku admitted that the opposition politicians never gave the LP candidate and his supporters a chance.

He stated that with the help of the young people, Obi and Labour party proved doubters wrong.

“What happened in the presidential election as you could see was that there was this wave of young people, the ‘Obidients’ that we all took for granted and we were thinking Peter Obi was a joke. Where would he go?. So, both PDP and the APC, we were thinking ‘This man does not have structure. He will not be able to do so much.”

“But the young people seized the initiative from the politicians. And for the first time – what we saw in Nasarawa, Edo, several other places, and in Delta State where the PDP vice presidential candidate comes from – we saw that young people were serious about what they were doing and they took advantage of social media to project a programme which has shaken the nation.”he said