2023: Youths Rally Support For Peter Obi In Kwara

Youths Rally Support For Peter Obi In Kwara

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Some youths in llorin on Saturday embarked on a rally supporting the Peter Obi/Ahmed Datti presidential ambition, after an initial hiccup with security operatives.

 

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Recall that the group, made up mainly of youths, trooped out enmass with branded T-shirts and posters of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, gathered at the Stella Obasanjo Hall, along Ajase-Ipo road in Ilorin.Some security agents, including officers of the Police, were also noticed in the area in large number engaging the organisers of the rally and some participants.After a long discussion, the youths were later allowed to march towards Offa-Garage roundabout area.

 

Speaking with newsmen, Mr Aloysius Nwora, the Kwara Coordinator of the Coalition of Obi Support Groups, said the rally was in solidarity with the political aspiration of Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra.“We are having a health walk in solidarity for our principals, Peter Obi and Ahmed Datti.

 

“The essence of this rally is to counter what is happening in social media or media generally that Obi has no structure.“We want to clear those saying such that Obi has a structure and we are the structure.

 

“They said Labour Party has no structure; we agree with them because we are not politicians, but individuals with a passion to make a change in the country through ballot revolution.On the chances of Obi/Datti in the 2023 General Elections, the coordinator said: “I am not a member of Labour Party and I can’t speak for them, but I can speak for the movement.“This movement has covered the whole 16 local government areas in Kwara state alone and same in other states in Nigeria.“Masses and youths, in particular, are our real structure and you can see it with the level of turnout today,” he said.On the altercation with the security operatives, he explained that the group sought approval from the police to avert possible hijack of the peaceful rally.“Just as we all know the country has been hijacked, we fully wrote to the security agencies to inform them about this rally, but unfortunately early this morning we got information that we should not hold the rally

 

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“We insisted that this is a peaceful rally, not a political campaign and here we are, although, this can serve as a discouragement to some people that have not come here this morning.“But, I believe they would soon be joining us as we are marching on. We have put in every arrangement for this rally and regret the little delay that occurred,” he said.

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