The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the
2023 election, Peter Obi, has assured that his campaign team would account for
the donations received during the last poll.
Obi said the Obi-Datti campaign team has commenced public
accounting of the funds received during the 2023 presidential election.
This is coming after the suspended National Treasurer,
Oluchi Opara, accused the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, of
misappropriating N3.5 billion.
Abure, however, denied the allegations, while threatening
legal actions against Opara.
However, Obi posted on X: “Yesterday, we commenced the
public accounting process for Obi-Datti Campaign Funds for the 2023 general
election, starting with the crowdfunding, which was where we asked the general
citizens to contribute to our endeavour.
“This process was managed by a Team led by @AishaYesufu. We
will go from that to other processes, ensuring that we account to those who
supported us either in cash or in kind to assure them that their contributions
were properly used for the purpose which it was sought for and they graciously,
and in some cases, immeasurably supported us.
“We will also be directing various support groups and bodies
that worked for our collective goal of birthing a New Nigeria to do the same by
accounting to those who donated to them.
“In addition, as I said immediately after the Supreme Court
judgement, that this year 2024, beginning from the end of first quarter, we are
going to embark on a Thank You tour to the various places we have been to, in
order to physically appreciate our supporters.
“We will also show our donors the very visible success we
achieved by the judicious management of their resources despite having less
than 20 percent of our budget to work with.
“The generous support of our donors and their unwavering
dedication and commitment to the democratic process, which we are committed to,
have not gone unnoticed. Despite the challenges and obstacles that came our
way, they stood strong and played a crucial role in shaping the future of our
nation.”
