Kinsmen of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, from 10 communities that make up Anaocha Council of Anambra State proved that charity begins at home as they trooped out in their numbers for a mega rally, tagged: ‘One Million-man March,’ at the weekend, which they organised to show solidarity and support for his aspiration.
Obi’s kinsmen from his Agulu town, Aguluzigbo Adazi Ani, Adazi Enu, Adazi Nnukwu, Akweze, Neni, Ichida, Obeledu and Nri shut down routes, as they undertook 20 miles march from the Power Mike Junction, Neni, to Agulu, Obi’s community, between 7:00 a.m. and 12 noon last Sunday.
The LP’s candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District, Victor Umeh; the candidate for Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, George Ozodinobi; Anambra House of Assembly candidates for Anaocha 1 and Anaocha II state constituencies, Nkechi Ogbuefi and Osita Ozogala, respectively, were among participants at the rally.
About 40 support groups, including monarchs, students, youths and women, participated in the march/rally, which, according to the Coordinator of Anaocha Coalition for Peter Obi, Chief Charles Okpala, was aimed at sensitising the electorate to ensure they collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from designated centres from November 12 to 18, 2022.
Okpala noted that reports across support groups, nationwide, reveal that the LP’s presidential candidate would secure majority of votes in at least 28 states of the federation, stressing that Obi-dients in Nigeria and abroad are in high spirit for Obi’s emergence as next president of the country.
According to him, the campaign process to ensure Obi is elected president in 2023 is being driven by youths, adding that they have been properly sensitised not to sell their PVCs.
Okpala advised both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearers, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, to read the handwriting on the wall, and consider quitting the stage before it is too late.
Addressing Obi-dients on arrival at Agulu, Umeh said he joined the march from beginning to the end as a way of encouraging youths to take ownership of LP campaigns, stressing that their hope of producing victorious leaders in the next political dispensation is assured.
– Media Report