The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi says it is time for Nigerians to take back their country.
“We will change Nigeria. It will not be by ‘my turn’. It’s your turn to take back your country,” Obi said during a campaign rally held in Minna, the Niger State capital, on Thursday.
“We want you to vote people who will have your name: ‘it’s your turn’. And that turn – you want us to represent you. We’re representing your turn. I and Datti [are] your turn because it’s you that we want to save.”
Peter Obi (L) with the Emir of Minna, Umar Faruq Bahago (C), in Niger State on January 19th, 2023.
The former Anambra State governor told the supporters that the coming presidential election is not one to take chances, but that if he is elected, the people will have food on their tables.
“Don’t vote for them. They will come, they will give you money. The money they are giving you is your money they’ve stolen. Take it and vote for us. It’s your money. Take it and vote for us. It’s not their money.
“They’ve been taking it. They’ve been stealing it. Next [month’s] election will not be on tribe. It will not be about ethnicity because there’s no place where voters buy bread cheaper.
Peter Obi (L) with the Emir of Minna, Umar Faruq Bahago, in Niger State on January 19th, 2023.
“It won’t be about religion. There is no place Christians or Muslims buy bread cheaper. Today, they are killing the priests. Tomorrow, they might start killing imams.
“We want to stop it. We want to stop the kidnapping, we want to stop the banditry. We assure you all those things will change,” he said.
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