Peter Obi sues for tolerance, asks supporters to learn from opposition

2023 Election: Peter Obi Of Nigeria And Nnamdi Kanu Of Biafra

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has appealed to his supporters to imbibe tolerance in the course campaigning for his presidential bid.

 

Obi made the appeal in a statement issued via his verified Twitter handle on Sunday.

 

While thanking supporters for believing in him and his commitment to building a united, secure and well-functioning Nigeria, Obi appealed to his supporters to be more tolerant of other people’s views, dissent and divergent opinions and possibly learn from them.

 

He said, “While the frustration and anger in the country is understandable, we must strive to channel that energy positively in ways that will earn the support and collaboration of others.

 

“Even as our message continues to gain broad acceptance, there are some we still need to work to convince. In expressing ourselves, we should do so with grace so as not to precipitately shut doors to future collaborations on sustainable nation-building. -PO,” the LP candidate added.

 

Recall Ob had earlier to cautioned his supporters over his portrait, which was embossed in prayer mats in some mosques.

 

While commending the efforts of his supporters unflinching support and the initiative, Obi noted that the act could have been out of misguidiance.

 

He apologized on his supporters his supporters behalf and pleaded with the Muslim community, saying he never intended to make mockery of the Muslim faith and Islamic practice.

 

Meanwhile, Presidential candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said his party was offering “a golden opportunity” to Peter Obi, standard-bearer of Labour Party, LP, to be his running mate.

 

Kwankwaso, who stated this after inaugurating the state office of the NNPP in Gombe State, said if he became the running mate to Obi, the NNPP would collapse.

 

However, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, insisted, yesterday, that Obi remained the best among all the presidential candidates for the 2023 general elections, saying workers would take their destinies in their hands by mobilising for the LP candidate.

 

But Kwankwaso insisted that the South-East would miss a golden opportunity, if the LP candidate was not his running mate in 2023.

 

He said: “From the discussion with the Labour Party, the main issue was who becomes the president if the parties merge. At the end of the day, some of our representatives thought that there should be a criteria in terms of age, qualification, offices held, performance and so on.

 

“Of course, the other side wouldn’t want that. Most of the people from there believe that the presidency has to go there. If I decide to be a vice presidential candidate for anybody in this country, NNPP will collapse, because the party is based on what we have built in the last 30 years.

 

“I served for 17 years as a civil servant; we are talking of 47 years of very serious hard work that is what is rarely holding NNPP now.

 

“Even if my friend (Peter Obi) wants to accept the vice presidential candidate, some people in the South-East will not accept, that is not strategic. This is a golden opportunity, if they lose it, it will be a disaster.”

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