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Leadership of both the ruling APC and that of the major opposition party, PDP in Imo State have collapse their structures in support of the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
The event took place in a decamping ceremony which held at Umuaro Community in Isiala – Mbano Local Government Area of Imo North Senatorial District on Sunday.
More than two thousand people joined the LP at the ceremony.
Speaking at the event, a former Deputy Chief of Staff to a former governor of the state, Chikwem Onuoha, said that the decision was reached after an investigation revealed that Obi was the best presidential material among other presidential candidates.
Onuoha, said that APC and PDP had misruled Nigeria for the past 23 years, adding that it was time Nigerians voted Obi to rescue the country.
The APC chieftain said, “Today, APC and PDP are dead in Okigwe zone. We have resolved to collapse our structures in the zone into the Labour Party and to work for the victory of Peter Obi. Peter Obi symbolises the hope of the ordinary people of Nigeria.
“Peter Obi is tested and trusted and he has the support of the people who vote during the election. Apart from Obi, we will vote LP all through. The Labour Party is for a mass movement. We are wiser and we want to take back our country.”
The President General of the Okigwe North Youth Progressives Forum, Chidinma Onyenagubo, said that his group was mobilising people to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards to vote for LP In 2023.
TheNewsGuru gathered that many political heavyweights in the South Eastern part of the country are gearing up to boost the candidature of Mr Peter Obi who is currently the most viable presidential candidate from the area.
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