Politics

Peter Obi proceeds with nationwide campaign, starts with Northern state

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Saturday, October 29, kick-starts a nationwide campaign ahead of the February 2023 poll with a rally in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital in the North-Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

Obi, his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed; national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure; and other members of the party’s 1,234 campaign council members arrived at the venue of the rally on Saturday in the early hours of the day, Channels TV reported.

The Director General of Obi’s campaign council, Doyin Okupe said the campaign train of the former Anambra State governor will be massive across all the six geopolitical zones of the country, The Punch report added.

According to Okupe, Obi and Baba-Ahmed will crisscross the length and breadth of Nigeria from Nasarawa State to meet with their supporters popularly known as ‘Obidients’ in all parts of the country.

‘Obidients’ have held rallies in major cities to make a statement that they exist beyond social media.

Meanwhile, the calls for parties to suspend their campaign heightened in recent days while Atiku, Tinubu and other presidential candidates campaign councils are working to heed the development, the Labour Party insisted that the Nasarawa rally must hold noting all hands are on deck to tackle any issue during rally.
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