Florence Uwaeme
Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate has thrown his weight behind Beatrice Itubo, the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Rivers State, and other gubernatorial candidates of the party in the March 11 election.
Recall that the chairman of the party in Rivers, Dienye Pepple had on Tuesday, declared support for the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Siminialaye Fubara.
In response, the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure dissolved the executives of the state chapter, effectively sacking Pepple for anti-party activities.
Speaking on Wednesday, Obi said “I am supposed to commence our whistle-stop campaign for our various Labour Party Governorship and State Assembly Candidates today. Initially, my trip was to take me to Nasarawa, Lagos, Enugu, Abia, Delta, Edo, Rivers, Plateau, Borno, etc. However, following INEC’s refusal to allow our party to inspect the materials (including BVAS) from the 25th February presidential elections, I am personally heading to the Court today with our lawyers.
“As we pursue due process and defer to the rule of law, I urge all the OBIdients in the various states to continue campaigning for our candidates, namely, Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour in Lagos, Chijoke Edeoga in Enugu, Patrick Dakum in Plateau, Alex Otti in Abia, Ken Pela in Delta, Ibrahim Mshelia in Borno, to name just a few.
“It is also imperative that Obidients vote for candidates with Competence, Character, Capacity, and Compassion. I remain committed and will give more attention to our mission of retrieving our mandate. A new Nigeria is possible!”
