Tag: Peter Obi

We did not endorse Peter Obi -PFN Scribe

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria says it has not endorsed the Labour Party nor its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as rumoured. The PFN National Publicity Secretary, Bishop Emmah Isong, described the rumours as “fake news” on social media at the ongoing 17th Biennial conference on Friday. “I want you to know that nothing like that has happened in the history of the PFN. “We have not endorsed any political party or any presidential candidate, rather what we have is the 17th Biennial Conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria titled,…

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Activist drags Obi to court over toddlers participation in Lagos Labour Party rally

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Child rights activist, Amb. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has sued the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for N50m as damages for allegedly involving an underage girl-child in his political rally in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo-Lanre had on October 27 filed the originating motion on notice before a family court in Ikeja High Court. Ojo-Lanre is suing the respondent as a “Concerned Nigerian and litigation friend” of the toddler. Other respondents in the suit marked ID/6332GCM/2022 included: the Labour Party, Queen (mother of the underage),…

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Obi playing games, he knows he cant win Presidency -Soludo

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, has declared that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is playing games insisting the former Anambra State governor cannot win the 2023 elections. Soludo said Obi himself knew he could not win, adding that the LP standard bearer was only playing a game. The governor said this on Monday in an article titled, ‘History beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1)’. He said, “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game…

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Why I snubbed Obi, Labour Party -Shagari

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Mukhtar Shagari, a former deputy governor of Sokoto State, has revealed that he was contacted by the Labour Party to become Peter Obi’s vice presidential candidate, but he declined the offer. Shagari who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said he declined the opportunity because he did not believe Obi stood a chance in 2023. According to him, “The Labour party contacted me and requested if I would like to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Peter Obi. “And I looked at the political scenario, what Labour party is, and…

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You can’t occupy Lekki Toll Gate -Court orders ObiDatti campaign group

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Labour Party’s #ObiDatti23 Forward Ever Rally scheduled to be held on October 1, 2022, suffered a setback on Wednesday as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the party and its supporters not to converge on the Lekki Toll Gate. The court ruled that supporters of the Labour Party can pass through the Toll-Gate for its rally but must not converge on the facility. Presiding Judge, Justice Daniel Osiagor, also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, to ensure…

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Obi’s supporters march on Anambra

Jide Ige

A coalition of support groups in Anambra State on Saturday held a solidarity march in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election. The supporters marched from Alex Ekwueme Square, near the state House of Assembly in Awka, along Aroma to Eke-Awka road to the U-turn linking Kwata along Enugu/Awka Expressway and back to the Alex Ekwueme Square, where the supporters were addressed. The rally, tagged, the “two-million man march”, commenced at exactly 10.00 am on Saturday. The solidarity march…

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