The Labour Party has responded to the invitation by Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic for Peter Obi to join him in rescuing the country.
Addressing a world press conference in Abuja, Abubakar rallied Peter Obi and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)’s Rabiu Kwankwaso to join his quest to uphold the ground rules for contesting elections in the country.
“Let me call on all well-meaning Nigerians, leaders of thoughts, our religious, traditional, community and political leaders and in particular, Governor Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP and the leaders of every political party in Nigeria and indeed every single person who loves this country as I do and who wishes nothing but the best for this country as I do, to join me in this campaign to enshrine probity, accountability and the basic principles of justice, morality, and uprightness in our country and in our government. This is a task for every one of us.”
However, in a statement by Labour Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, the party said that their “presidential candidate is presently in the Supreme Court seeking to reclaim his stolen mandate and he is focused on that.”
Ifoh maintained that their candidate “has been in the vanguard of ensuring a just nation where justice must be the watchword, and he will not stop until Nigeria achieves a leadership it truly deserves.
“Obi has pontificated severally on the need for leaders to be good role models and to live a life worthy of emulation. This he has done by publicly putting his credentials in the open for verification. Nigeria will get better when men of integrity and honour drive the affairs of the nation.
“We therefore welcome every other interest willing to join us in our pursuit of a nation where justice shall reign.”
