Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), met with Nollywood stars and other players in the Nigerian entertainment industry on Thursday to beg their support for his political ambitions ahead of the upcoming 2023 election.
During the meeting, which was hosted at the Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi and attended by Peter and Paul Okoye (P-Square), comedian Okey Bakassi, and other Nollywood luminaries, the former Anambra Governor asked the artists to support him as one of their own.
Recall that Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai referred to the LP candidate as a “Nollywood actor,” asking him to focus on the industry rather than running for president.
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The Kaduna governor said: “Peter Obi cannot win the election, he doesn’t have the 25 percent in more than 16 states, he can’t go anywhere, Peter Obi is a Nollywood actor and that’s all he will be. This election is between the APC and PDP because they have the footprint, they have the spread.”
Speaking at the event, Peter Obi said, “A Sitting Governor called me a Nollywood actor, that’s why I gathered all of you here as my colleagues, I want you to support one of your own.
“Coming out this night shows that you are beginning to care for your country, it’s not about me, it is youths that are running for election through me, when I went to Anambra state to be governor and I said to people if I take a kobo that doesn’t belong to me or I’m not entitled to, that God should punish me and my family, because I have enough money, I have no reason to steal public money.”
He reiterated that he was contesting the elections to serve the country and not amass wealth.
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“God gave me enough of what I need that if anything goes wrong today, I can live the rest of my life without doing anything. I have enough not just for myself but also for my family, we may not have for other people, but for me, I have enough.
“This election this year is critical for all of us, it’s an existential election for the youths, for the past 10 years all the country has done is to breed insecurity,” he added.
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