Tag: Peter Obi

2023: ‘Kwankwaso has millions of real supporters, he’ll never be running mate to Peter Obi’ – NNPP

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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed reports that its presidential candidate, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accepted to be the running mate to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP). Earlier yesterday, reports were making the rounds on social media that Kwankwaso had accepted to be vice-presidential candidate to Obi. The posts on social media were based on a report in which the NNPP Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, had spoken on on-going talks between the LP and the NNPP. However, clarifying his comments in a statement…

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2023: ‘Stingy man’: Mbaka apologises to Obi, supporters

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The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka, yesterday, tendered a public apology to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his supporters over his utterances against his person. The Catholic Diocese of Enugu State had, shortly after his comment on Wednesday during his midweek activities declared that Obi will not become Nigeria’s President, for the reason that he is ‘stingy’, and disowned him. The church, while describing his political utterances as divisive and unbecoming of a priest, said that attack breached canon 220…

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2023: ‘Peter Obi too stingy, cursed, can never be Nigeria President’ – Fr. Mbaka

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The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Fr. Ejike Mbaka has revealed why the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, will never become the next President of Nigeria. The fiery Priest who made this known at the Adoration ground said that Obi is stingy and has been cursed, stressing that it would be better to have an old man as President than a ‘stingy young man’. He said, “A stingy man that cannot give people his money, with this hunger ravaging the land; and you…

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2023: “I said I’ll support Tinubu, I never asked Ebonyi people not to vote for Peter Obi” – Umahi

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Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, has denied asking the people of the State not to vote for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023. Umahi had while swearing in newly appointed members of his cabinet on Monday, said the people of the state would support Tinubu and not Peter Obi as part of what he described as Ebonyi’s agenda. However, the governor, in a statement by his special assistant on Media and publicity, Francis Nwaze, said he was only reiterating his earlier promise to support the APC…

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2023: Ohanaeze declares support for Peter Obi, Labour Party

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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has declared support for the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, for president come 2023. It stated this in an issued press statement commending Nigerians, especially the youths on their recent efforts to end voters’ apathy and take back Nigeria in 2023. The group however urged Igbo leadership to openly endorse the Obi’s Labour Party in 2023, as he is the newest political tsunami sweeping across the country. The statement was signed by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki. The…

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2023: NLC endorses Peter Obi as Labour Party flag bearer

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…Disowns Okafor The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday disowned Calistus Okafor’s faction of the Labour Party and endorsed the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. The NLC said Obi remains the only presidential standard-bearer of the party in the 2023 general elections. The factional presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Jude Ezenwafor was said to have withdrawn from the contest.Ezenwafor had earlier received an ultimatum from the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, led by Okwu Nnabuike, to withdraw from the contest. However, NLC national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, in…

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Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate

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…As Utomi, others step down Former Governor of Anambra State and 2019 vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Peter Obi, yesterday, emerged as presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), after Prof. Pat Utomi, Joseph Faduri, and Mrs. Olubusola Emmanuel Tella stepped down for him. Declaring Peter Obi as the winner of the Presidential primaries during the National Convention of the party held in Asaba, the Delta State capital, the Returning Officer, Usman Aliyu Abdullahi, said Peter Obi polled 97 votes out of the 98 total votes cast.…

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Defection: Peter Obi in discussions with Labour Party, NNPP

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…“We are ready to receive him” – Alkali There are strong indications that former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, may have opened discussions with leaders of Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) over possible defection. Obi had yesterday withdrawn from the race as well as resigned his membership of the opposition PDP. Speaking on the development, the National Chairman of NNPP, Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali, said the party would be willing to receive Obi into the party, describing him as a ‘valuable asset to…

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Just In! Peter Obi dumps PDP ahead of presidential primary

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The former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), ahead of the party’s presidential primary slated for this weekend in Abuja. This was revealed vide a letter he addressed to the Party’s National Chairman, titled: “Resignation from Peoples Democratic Party and Withdrawal from Presidential Contest”. Obi is one of the 15 aspirants who had declared their interest in the presidency under the PDP’s platform. His exit, coming on the eve of hotly-contested presidential primaries, came as the politician reportedly expressed fears that he might be…

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2023: “You won’t be delegates forever; your children will suffer it if you do not choose right leader” – Peter Obi

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The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has observed that the 2023 general elections should be about the security of the nation and the future of the children. “You won’t be delegates forever; your children will suffer it if you do not choose the right leader. “If they bring money, collect it but when you go to vote, first place the picture of your children at heart, not my picture, neither your picture because that is the future of your children. They will have a better and secure…

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