The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters to stop insulting persons of contrary opinions, insisting that they must focus on issues and unite with everyone for a better Nigeria.
Obi in a statement issued over an incident at the Labour Party campaign rally in Benue State said, “Nigeria has very huge problems and is currently at risk of implosion from economic hardship and insecurity.
“The focus, therefore, should be on how to deal with deleterious consequences of a tanking economy, pervasive insecurity, and the many challenges that the nation is contending with, rather than degenerating into name calling.”
The former Anambra State governor told his supporters that a remark by an LP candidate describing the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, as a “deceit” was “totally unacceptable to us.”
“The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, remains a very patriotic Nigerian who has always spoken for the best interest of his people and Nigeria in general. We all have our shortcomings, I have mine, and so do others. But, we should not refer to people in such a derogatory manner”, he added.
