Peter Obi Commences Nationwide Campaign With Nasarawa Rally
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Saturday began a nationwide campaign just before 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 got to the venue of the rally on Saturday around 11am.
The Director General of Obi’s campaign council, Doyin Okupe stated that the campaign train of the former Anambra State governor will be massive nationwide.
According to Okupe, Obi and Baba-Ahmed will be at 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 organized rallies in major cities to make a statement that they exist beyond social media.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had approved the commencement of campaigns effective September 28. Although Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other frontline candidates have since began their campaigns, Obi suspended the official start date of his campaign mid-October in solidarity with millions of flood victims nationwide.
