2023: Peter Obi’s Supporters Hold Mega Rally In Abuja


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Thousands of supporters of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, staged a peaceful rally in Abuja on Saturday.
2023: Peter Obi’s Supporters Hold Mega Rally In Abuja



The pro-Obi supporters marched from the Unity Fountain to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium amid heavy security.

At the rally alongside the pro-Obi supporters are officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps.

The supporters are making a statement that Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, have physical structures beyond social media.

One of the highlights of Saturday’s march was when a newly wedded coupled joined the rally in the nation’s capital. The move drew the attention of Obi who took to his social media handle to hail the couple.

“Salute and congratulations to this newly wedded couple in Abuja, whose special day coincided with the Obidient Family March in Abuja; and they marched too!” the presidential candidate tweeted.

“Wishing you both a blissful and happy married life and children, who will grow up in a united, secure, and productive Nigeria.”

‘People-Oriented Candidate’

Demonstrators had last week staged a peaceful rally in Ebonyi State, in Nigeria’s South-East, as well as other states across the Federation.

In his reaction to the rallies, the National Chairman of the party,  Barrister Julius Abure, said the development shows the acceptability level of the LP.

 
“The rallies are not surprising, it is because the Labour Party has a people-oriented candidate that will work for the people and that will effectively serve the interest of the party,” he said in a statement on Saturday.

For him, the rallies showed that the people are driving the process and realise what the party means to them and the future.

“Of course, the people must own the process, the people will fund the process because they say he who plays the pipe dictates the tune. And therefore the people are the owners of the party and that is why they are funding these activities,” he said.

“People are contributing money, N1000, N10,000, and so on to carry out rallies for themselves. People are donating their buildings and the people of Nigeria are gradually owning the Labour Party.”

61-year-old Obi is a former governor of Anambra State contesting the 2023 presidential election alongside top contenders like Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.

A recent poll commissioned by the Anap Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited described the February poll as a three-horse race, noting that Obi is leading the race with 21 percent of the votes in the poll.

However, the poll has been dismissed by the APC, PDP, and other parties in the race for Aso Rock.

 
A PDP former presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, had said it will take a miracle for Obi to win the 2023 presidential election.

Also, the presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Party, Yabagi Sani, had said Obi is making “a lot of motion without movement”, adding that the former Anambra State governor cannot win 25% of votes in 24 states across the Federation in the 2023 presidential election.


Prof Owojecho Omoha, DG,  of the Obi-dient Movement Speaks....

Prof Owojecho Omoha, Director General,  of the Obi-dient Movement, Nigeria ,says the movement is overwhelmed  by  the mammoth crowd witnessed at its rally in Abuja.

Omoha made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the  Obi-dient Mega  Rally held on Saturday in Abuja .

NAN reports  that supporters  of Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, popularly known as ‘Obidients’ held rally in Abuja  marching  en masse from the Unity Fountain to City Gate in solidarity of Obi’s presidency .

“The rally in the  FCT is a microscope of the entire Nigeria and the mammoth crowd that we witnessed here today is unprecedented of any other rally that has taken place .

“This gives the indication that people from all walks of life that are in Abuja have actually taken their decision for good governance and a better Nigeria.

“Peter Obi is just the symbol of that agreement and as we move on to the flag off of campaigns across the country on Sept.28, that is when Nigerians even at the grassroots will get to know that really, Nigerians are yearning for a change.

“This actually concretise everybody’s resolution; you must not know Peter Obi, the ideal of  which we are fighting is that of Nigeria and it belongs to all of us,” he said.

Some of them who spoke to NAN vowed to drive the “obedient” to victory come 2023 General Elections.

They said the rally was a test run of what they would be doing as campaign  begins on Sept.28.

Mr Victor Tunde, a member of the group said the support for Labour Party was a support for youths to take over the affairs of the nation to drive the desired change and development they had been crazing for.

“This massive crowd here today, shows that youths are ready ,we are ready to take over in every  area especially politically, we have our voter cards and we will use it to decide our leader ,”he said

Mrs Ngozi Uzor, a trader and supporter of the state Obidient movement, said she closed her shop to come out in solidarity of the movement, adding that market women were ready to work for obi.

“I have been a trader for some time now ,I watched how the price of a bag of rice rose from N7,500 to N16,000 and now it is N30,000 and above .

“This is too much, prices of things are so high now in the market and people are suffering; it is time we changed this for the good of the nation.”

Mr Usman Abdulahi ,a teacher and a supporter of the movement said supporting Obi was natural because of the numerous plans he has for the nation.

“Nigeria is faced with many challenges from insecurity to unemployment and many other things; previous leaders have tried to solve the problems but they are still there.

“So it is high time we tried a younger person with the technological and economic know how to drive sustainable economic development in Nigeria .”

NAN reports that Peter Obi on his twitter handle wrote “From Kano, I am watching the OBIdients gathered in Abuja and exercising their Constitutional rights to peaceful assembly. I salute you all.

“I appreciate you all. God bless you all and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. -PO”.

Highlights of the rally was the wedding ceremony of a couple who joined the movement as a way of showing their solidarity for Obi. (NAN)


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