An Abuja-based pastor, Mrs. Sarah Omakwu, has added an interesting dimension to the growing national appeal of Peter Obi as she asks her church members and Nigerians who are dissatisfied with the state of the nation to “waste” their votes by casting them for a presidential candidate without a structure.
The two mega parties – All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) – especially the latter, had mocked Peter Obi when he joined the Labour Party, that he is incapable of making any impact in the 2023 general election, arguing that he lacks the political structure.
Although Omakwu did not mention the name of the Labour Party presidential candidate (Mr. Peter Obi), she sarcastically, in episodic retorts, urged her congregation at the Family Worship Centre, Wuye, Abuja, to “waste” their votes on a candidate without structure.
She said if the two leading parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – are not afraid to produce Muslim presidential candidates, which according to her is a total disregard for Christians, “the Church should not be afraid to cast their votes in one place.”
Omakwu, in a trending video, urged her congregation not to disregard advice by the established parties and their promoters to citizens who are disenchanted – and therefore not ready to vote – not to waste their votes on any candidate without structure.
She said the two parties with structure have not helped them. As she spoke, the congregants shouted excitedly in affirmative support.
She directed her elated congregants to go ahead and “waste” their votes on the candidate without structure.
She further requested those who have collected their PVCs to stand up, and almost everyone in the Church got on their feet.
She told them that they are part of the people without structure, and asked them to as well go and waste their votes on the candidate without structure.