Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, will likely attend the party’s big rally ahead of the next local government elections in Edo State.
The former governor of Anambra State is expected to go to Benin City, the state’s capital, today for the ceremony, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
Olumide Apata, an LP leader and the former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), announced this on Monday through a string of tweets on his Twitter account.
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The huge gathering will begin at 10 am at the Baptist Convention Ground, TV Road Off Siluko Road in Benin City, according to information provided by Apata.
He wrote: “I join all members of the @NGLabour Party & the OBIdient Family in Edo State in welcoming H.E. @PeterObi to Benin City, Edo State, on Monday, 21 August 2023, as he takes part in the Edo State Labour Party Mega Rally for the 2023 LGA Election taking place at the Baptist Convention Ground, TV Road Off Siluko Road, Benin City, Edo State by 10 am.
“Being the tier of government that is closest to the people, the visit of H.E. Peter Obi to attend the Mega Rally for the LGA Election reinforces @NgLabour Party as an authentic pro-people Party and underscores the importance that the Party attaches to the forthcoming election. Okwute Nd’igbo! Nnoooo!!! A new Nigeria is indeed POssible.”
In other news, it has been stated that prominent opposition figures, including Obi, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), are putting the finishing touches on an alliance to overthrow the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is now in power.
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According to Anaedoonline.ng, the trio is considering the prospect of joining forces in order to offer a formidable front against the APC.
Furthermore, it is acknowledged that the degree of their collaboration is still in its infancy, is being planned in stages, and will also rely on how the 2023 presidential election tribunal, in which President Bola Tinubu’s victory is being contested, turns out.
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