Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Peter Obi presidential
campaign, says the Lagos rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) pales in
comparison to that of the Labour Party (LP).
Okupe threw the jibe at the ruling party during an interview
with Channels Television.
Earlier on Sunday, Musiliu Akinsanya, chairman of the Lagos
state parks and garages management committee, better known as MC Oluomo,
convened a “five million-man” rally in support of Bola Tinubu, the APC standard
bearer.
The solidarity rally came one week after LP supporters
organised similar rallies in different parts of Lagos.
Okupe said opposition parties are playing “catch-up” to LP,
adding that forensic analysis of videos from the APC rally showed that some
participants were imported from other south-west states.
“One of the greatest things that has happened in this
dispensation is that a four-month-old party is now so much in leadership that
parties that have existed for 20 years and more are playing a catch-up game and
it is not being done very well,” he said.
“I want to congratulate the APC for the efforts made today.
What you saw was not a Lagos rally. We are a very sophisticated group — a group
driven by and powered by youths.
“We have done a
forensic of the tape of the rally in our laboratory. We found out that… I
personally can recognise about four or five people from my federal
constituency, others can recongise people from Oyo, Osun, etc.
“What you saw this morning was a south-west rally, not
really a Lagos rally. If you give it as a Lagos rally, it is just a fair
comparison with what happened in Festac.
“You will recall that the October 1, LP rally by Obidents
took place in an unprecedented and organic manner in Lekki, Festac, Ikeja and
Surulere — in four different locations.
“What you saw in Lagos today was nothing compared to any one
of them(referring to the four locations), maybe at least it is at par with one
of them.
“What APC has been
able to do, having seen the LP movement, is still about a quarter of what we
did.
“We did a forensic study of the tape — 60 percent and 70
percent of those who participated were members of an institution called NURTW.”
‘OBI’S DIASPORA
CAMPAIGN NOT TO RAISE FUNDS’
Speaking on Obi’s diaspora campaign, Okupe said the LP
presidential candidate did not collect money from Nigerians abroad during his
tour in August.
He said fundraising was not the primary purpose of Obi’s
visit to Nigerians in the diaspora.
“I’m the director-general of the campaign. I’m also a
Christian. I will not lie to you. He (Obi) went abroad about four or six weeks
ago, we did not collect any money,” Okupe said.
“Not that we are
against raising money from Nigerians in diaspora, that was not the primary
intention.
“The primary intention is for the candidate to sell himself
to some of the major stakeholders in our communities who have a lot of
influence back home on the Nigerian communities. That was the aim and we have
achieved that.”
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