ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to Nigerians, particularly his supporters, to shun voting candidates based on ethnicity and religion.
The presidential hopeful gave the charge on Monday in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, in continuation of his town hall meetings across the country.
While fielding questions at the town hall meeting/presidential rally, the former Anambra State Governor, told his supporters to vote for honesty, commitment, competence and capacity which, he said, he possessed in abundance.
Obi, who was accompanied by political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, also, assured the people that if voted as president, he’d not give excuses for failure, adding that the people’s interest would be his driving force as a new Nigeria was possible.
“No tribe buys bread cheaper. No religion buys bread cheaper.
“We are not going to give excuses. I am not going to remind you of where you’re coming from or to blame people where they failed,” he begged.
Speaking at the rally also, a member of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Committee, Aisha Yesufu, urged the people to obtain their personal voter cards, (PVCs) to enable them vote for the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Obi.
The human rights activist, however, warned that the people will hold Obi accountable should he mess up after being elected into office as President.
The National Chairman of the party, Dr Julius Abure, in his remark, said the Nigerian economy was not working under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Also, he lamented that “insecurity is ravaging the country and the country is deteriorating.”
Dr. Abure, who appreciated the party faithful for their support in joining the movement to change and rescue the nation, also urged them to obtain their PVCs to bring about the much-needed real change in the country.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chief Host of the town hall meeting, Deacon Chris Iyovwaye, had welcomed the LP Presidential Candidate and his entourage to the state.
Iyovwaye said: “We are a people that are looking up to a great change for Nigeria. We are waiting for this great change and we are convinced that it’s resident in the life of our principal, Mr. Peter Obi.
“We are seeing the things that he has been saying and campaigning for from place to place.
“We are also seeing the kind of things that he has displayed across Nigeria.
“The fact of the matter is that every time you hear from ‘consumption to production’, you know that you’re already talking about him.
“We are looking at the man that wants to take us from potential to reality.
“We are looking at a man that wants to do things differently. We are looking at a man that has what it takes to change Nigeria.”