Labour Party (LP) former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has asserted that subsidy is organised crime.

Peter Obi, while speaking on the implementation of fuel subsidy in Nigeria an interview with Trust TV, said he will not tolerate any form of criminality as president of Nigeria.

The former Governor emphasised that there is a distortion in the data on the amount of fuel consumed in Nigeria, stressing that there is empirical evidence.

He said, “Subsidy is organized crime. I will not allow any form of criminality as President of Nigeria.

“The amount of fuel they say we consume cannot be consumed by this country. There’s an empirical evidence.

“We are about the same size as Pakistan and they have more roads. We probably have same number of vehicles, or they have even more. Yet their fuel consumption is the third of ours. Who is drinking the balance?”

Meanwhile, the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ben Nwoye, has stated that the party is ready to uproot Peter Obi’s influence ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television, Nwoye vowed that APC would fight through the system.

He acknowledged the significant impact of the Obidient Movement in the last election and stated that the party would not take Obi for granted.