CITIZENS COMPASS – Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, asked his supporters should remain calm in the face of various challenges bedevilling the party.
He said this in Asaba, Delta State, at the National Executive Council Meeting of the party.
He said a new Nigeria can not be gotten on a bed of roses.
Obi explained that he never expected the journey to New Nigeria to be an easy one, saying that the forces who had, over the years, lived off the old order, were bound
to fight back, as is being experienced now.
He said: “If they come at us through land, air and sea, we will respond to them through land, air and sea, but we will remain law abiding and will never give up on the nation.
” We are on the right path, and we will remain committed to the course.”
Obi maintained that the struggle to reclaim the mandate was not about him as a person, but about millions of Nigerians who reposed their trust in him through their votes to usher in a new Nigeria.
“The millions of Nigerians who voted for me did not just cast their votes, but they invested their hope in me. They deserve justice. So, we must stay the course. And beyond regaining our mandate, I am committed to lifting people out of poverty. I remain committed to transforming Nigeria, starting from the North to every part of the nation,” Obi stated.
He further revealed that there may be more mudslinging on him from those who are against the emergence of the New Nigeria, but he said he would never be deterred by the obstacles along the way to victory.
” I have always lived my life in the most law-abiding manner possible. Sometimes, as humans, we make mistakes, but I will never knowingly break any law. I am, therefore, not afraid of the lies and propaganda against my person. They are part of the journey to a New Nigeria,” Obi concluded on expectations pending what he said as his mandate to usher in a new Nigeria.”
