The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has predicted victory for his party in the November 11 governorship election in Imo State.
Speaking in Owerri, the state capital, during the party’s campaign flag-off, Obi noted that LP is known for performance, excellence and credibility.
Citing Abia State, which the party controls, as an example of good governance, Obi revealed that the residents now have hope, and are witnessing good governance because a ” first-class brain” who knows what he is doing is now the governor of the State.
He described Senator Athan Achonu as the only governorship candidate of the party in Imo State, and Julius Abure as the only duly recognised and authentic National Chairman of the party.
Obi urged of Imo State residents to come out en masse and vote for Senator Achonu, as the next governor of the State on November 11.
He noted that the process that produced Achonu as the party’s Governorship candidate in the state was credible.
Obi said: “Abure is the National Chairman of our party. We don’t have another chairman. LP will win Imo State. Athan Achonu is the only candidate of the party and he is the best in Imo State. I am happy nobody has changed the process. I believe in process.
“LP wants to change Nigeria, we are asking Nigeria for the opportunity. Give us a chance in Nigeria, there would be change. In Abia State today there is hope, that is what is called governance.
“We want Nigeria to have leaders that will do what they preach. We know what it takes to change Nigeria. That is why we are here. We know what it takes to change Imo. In Abia today, there is hope that is what is called governance. This is because a first-class brain who knows what he is doing is the governor there.
“I believe in process; Achonu emerged through the right process. Vote for LP and things will start happening.”
Abia State governor, Alex Otti, said he served as chairman of the panel that conducted the primary election that produced Achonu as the governorship candidate of LP in the State.
Urging the residents to vote for Achonu, the Abia State governor said he has not spent one hundred days in office, yet good things are already happening in the State.
“Distinguished Senator Athan Achonu is the only governorship candidate of the party. I was the chairman of the panel that conducted the primary election which produced him as the winner of the election. I am here to bear testimony that he is our candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Imo State.
“We have not even started in Abia but the noise is everywhere. We are less than 100 days in office in Abia. The labour party is known for good governance. Vote for the Labour Party.”
In his comment, Abure submitted that he is confident that LP would form the next government in Imo State.
Abure said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have failed Nigerians, and Imolites in particular.
“We will change the economic narratives of Imo State. Athan Achonu is the only governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Imo State.
“LP is founded on integrity and performance. PDP and APC have failed. We have tried PDP and APC and they failed. Their results are insecurity, poverty and infrastructural decay. The Labour Party has come to change the narratives. Vote Athan Achonu, vote LP come November 11.”
Speaking after the party’s flag was handed over to him, Achonu, who is the governorship candidate of the party, promised to fix the State if he wins the governorship election.
Achonu said that on the assumption of office as the next governor of the state, he would conduct local government elections, fix the roads and the electricity, end insecurity and ensure that the civil servants and pensioners are promptly paid.
He said that he would make history by becoming the first physically challenged person to emerge as governor.
He said: “Labour Party will rescue Nigeria. We will win Imo state, Enugu, Kogi and Bayelsa states.
“There won’t be bloodshed in Imo State again from November 11, when I become governor. Peoples’ houses won’t be burnt again. Once I become governor, I will implement the autonomy of the Local Government Areas. I will do the LGA election. I will not tamper with the local government funds. I will ensure Infrastructural development. I am known for Human capital development. Imo people are suffering. The civil servants and pensioners are suffering. Once I become governor, they will be properly taken care of,” Achonu assured.