Supporters of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi are already gathering in various parts of Lagos to show solidarity and shore up supports for their candidate.
The ‘Obidients’ as they are tagged, are using the October 1 independence anniversary of the country to further rev up campaign for the Labour Party candidate.
Obi appears to be choice of many youths in the country who see other candidates as agents of the same old order believed to have impoverished them.
Obi was Governor of Anambra State.
He once ran as the running mate of one of his current opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Already a good number of the rally organizers have appeared at the Marwa Roundabout Lekki where they hope to gather more supporters to
Commence the rally.
The ‘Obidients’ as they are tagged, are using the October 1 independence anniversary of the country to further rev up campaign for the Labour Party candidate.
Obi appears to be choice of many youths in the country who see other candidates as agents of the same old order believed to have impoverished them.
Obi was Governor of Anambra State.
He once ran as the running mate of one of his current opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Already a good number of the rally organizers have appeared at the Marwa Roundabout Lekki where they hope to gather more supporters to
Commence the rally.
A court had on Thursday ruled that they cannot converge on the Lekki Tollgate which was the centre of attraction during the October 2020 protests against police brutality.
The rally ended a bloody one.
An unknown number of protester were believed to have been killed though government rejected most of the figures bandied by the protesters.
As early as 6:45pm a handful of young men and women had started showing up at the Lekki area some
Of them wearing shorts bearing images of the Labour Party candidate.
In Lagos, men of the Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police were seen ensuring orderly rally by the organisers who were seen holding Nigerian flags and small flags bearing images of the Labour Party presidential candidate.
In Asaba, the Delta State capital, matchers were seen holding flags and chanting songs in support of Obi. The called for rescue of the country in the face of economic hardship.
The rally organisers also accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa who is also the presidential running mate for the PDP of creating hardship in the state.
They said it is a lie that the Governor holds the control of the state.
In Kaduna, some matchers are moving round major streets of Kaduna singing National Anthem.