The Labour Party (LP) has set up a 750-member committee for the presidential campaign of Peter Obi in Anambra state.
Damian Okeke-Ogene, vice-president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who spoke on Wednesday in Awka, asked members of the committee to ensure that the LP candidate wins by a wide margin.
Okeke-Ogene, who is also the south-east coordinator of the LP campaign, said Ohanaeze Ndigbo is fully in support of Obi’s presidential bid.
He said the support Obi enjoys is due to the quality of the LP candidate.
“Ohaneze Ndigbo has formally endorsed the Obi-Datti presidential project for the 2023 election, and other sister socio-cultural organisations like Afanifere are leading the campaign,” NAN quoted Okeke-Ogene as saying.
“When people say that we in Ohaneze Ndigbo are not supporting Obi-Datti, I laugh because they don’t understand what is going on.
“Our sister organisation, Afanifere, is leading the campaign in support of Peter Obi and Ohaneze cannot look elsewhere in that regard.
“Peter Obi’s presidential bid is not an Igbo affair, because his records stand him out as the best man to fix the nation when compared with others.”
Joemartins Uzodike, director-general of the 750-member campaign committee, said they’ve set their eyes on ensuring the LP wins in the 2023 elections.
“Our assignment cuts across the presidential, National Assembly and State Assembly candidates and we are willing and ready to put in our best to ensure we succeed,” Uzodike said.
“It is our hope that everyone here would have his or her eyes on the ball and try as much as possible to convert souls for Mr Peter Obi and other LP candidates.
“There is this popular saying that a prophet has no honour in his place, but Peter Obi has countered that idiom because many people, especially in Anambra, the South-East and beyond, love Peter Obi.”
