2023 GENERAL ELECTION: THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS RALLY FOR PETER OBI IN ABUJA- #OBIDATTI MOVEMENT

 Supporters of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, are currently carrying out a rally in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The rally began from the Unity Fountain to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium amid security presence 

Demonstrators had last week staged a rally in Ebonyi State.

Obi is a former governor of Anambra State contesting the 2023 presidential election alongside Mr Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress, among others.

Demonstrators had last week staged a peaceful rally in Ebonyi State, in Nigeria’s South-East, as well as other states across the Federation.

In his reaction to the rallies, the National Chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure, said the development shows the acceptability level of the LP.

“The rallies are not surprising, it is because the Labour Party has a people-oriented candidate that will work for the people and that will effectively serve the interest of the party,” he said in a statement on Saturday.

For him, the rallies showed that the people are driving the process and realise what the party means to them and the future.

“Of course, the people must own the process, the people will fund the process because they say he who plays the pipe dictates the tune. And therefore the people are the owners of the party and that is why they are funding these activities,” he said.

“People are contributing money, N1000, N10,000, and so on to carry out rallies for themselves. People are donating their buildings and the people of Nigeria are gradually owning the Labour Party.”

61-year-old Obi is a former governor of Anambra State contesting the 2023 presidential election alongside top contenders like Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.