Kola Ologbondiyan, a former PDP spokesperson, claims that Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, is a member of the ruling elite.
The Obi campaign has been dubbed as the third force determined to oust the ruling class from power.
On Wednesday, Ologbondiyan said that Obi is "part and parcel" of the organisation while speaking on the Channels TV programme Sunrise Daily.
In addition to serving as governor for eight years, Obi, according to him, has contributed to the nation's administration.
Obi, according to Ologbondiyan, only left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over a disagreement; he had previously left the party before.
“Peter Obi is part and parcel of the establishment party, he only took a walk over a disagreement,” he said.
“He is not a new face, for anybody to say this is a new face, I don’t understand it. Because he is part of the process, he’s been governor for eight years.
“He has left a political party for another before he left for this.”
In October 2014, Obi left the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the then-ruling party, citing the need to be a competitor and not a spectator in national affairs.
In 2018, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, said he chose Obi as his running mate, owing to the former governor’s vast knowledge of the economy.