Adamu Garba to APC: New party won Lesotho, don’t underestimate Obidients

A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba has warned his party not to underrate the Labour Party (LP) and his supporters in the 2023 presidential election.

Garba said this on Wednesday via his verified Twitter handle in a reaction to Lesotho’s new party, Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) that won majority seats in the parliamentary election in the South African country.

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The new party, RFP was formed six months ago by a 64-year-old Lesotho businessman Sam Matekane and it defeated two major old parties in the country.

RFP won 56 out of 120 seats in parliament according to final results published by the Lesotho Independent Electoral Commission (LIEC) on Monday.

The current ruling party All Basotho Convention (ABC), which has governed the country of 2.14 million people since 2017 did not win a single seat.

Reuters reported that the main opposition, the Democratic Congress (DC) also performed woefully coming a distant second to RFP in the race.

However,  LIEC said RFP only fell short of winning an outright majority by a mere five seats in the 61-seat parliament and will now have to find a coalition partner to form a government.

Reacting to the RFP’s emergence and victory, Garba said Lesotho’s youths contributed to the victory of the new party, adding that APC must devise tactical campaign techniques to win next year’s election in the centre.

A party, RFP, founded by Sam in March 2022 in Lesotho won the Presidency as a result of young people’s votes. A similar case happed in Kenya & Zambia, all in 2022.

That is why we shouldn’t underestimate this obidients

APC must have a modern strategic campaign to secure victory. pic.twitter.com/k39T859YuN

— Adamu Garba II (@adamugarba) October 11, 2022

(Vanguard)