Two former heads of state have endorsed the presidential
candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for the 2023 elections, convener of
The BIG-TENT coalition of political parties, social movements and civil society
organisations, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said.
According to him, the LP has enough positive structures in
place than other political parties to recapture Nigeria from those who have
held the country down.
Utomi, a political economist and former Director of Lagos
Business School, stated these in Abuja on Friday during a town hall meeting
organised by The BIG-TENT as part of activities to galvanise support for Obi, his
running mate, Datti Ahmed and the LP.
He said The BIG-TENT had worked at developing real
structures for Obi, adding that oppositions to ‘Obidients’ would be shocked by
the result.
Utomi, who did not give names of the former state heads,
said, “Money alone doesn’t win elections. Two former heads of state have said
to me they are Obidients. A lot of people want to join the (Obidient) movement,
without joining the Labour Party to ensure that Obi and Baba-Ahmed win to
capture our country back from those who have held us down.
“The LP has better
structures than the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress.
When people talk about structures, I kind of laugh because they don’t
understand the meaning of structure. The structure is a criminal network of
people who can fix elections and we have to stop that; that’s not structure.
“We at The BIG-TENT have worked at developing real
structures and they are going to be shocked at what they will see. Many of the
Peter Obi Support Groups have structures on their own that can win these
elections. At every poll during the election day, we will have 20 people who
belong to these structures.
“When they get to the polling units, it won’t be business as
usual. And when they try to mess things up by doctoring Information Technology
from the Independent National Electoral Commission, they will meet us there
because we know they are planning things like that, but they will meet us there
with technology.”
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