Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi will be in Abia State on Friday February 3, 2023 to hold Town Hall meetings in Aba and Umuahia.
A statement released by the Labour Party (LP) in Abia State shows the former Anambra State Governor will arrive Abia State with his wife, Vice Presidential Candidate Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, and members of his Presidential campaign team.
Obi, according to the release, will after his meeting with the Aba business community, also consult with traditional rulers in Abia before proceeding for the Town Hall meeting at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Umuahia.
The statement reads: “The Leadership and Membership of our great party (Labour Party), heartily welcome our Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi and wife; his Vice and wife; our indefatigable National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure; the Labour Party National Working Committee members; the Presidential Campaign Coordinator and his team to a one-day Presidential Campaign Rally in Abia State, on Friday February 3.
“Our presidential candidate will hold Town Hall Meeting with the Aba Business Community at Aba Sports Club by 10.30am. Afterwards, he will proceed on a motor cade to Umuahia through major roads in Aba.
“By 12: 00pm, he will pay courtesy visit to Abia State Traditional Rulers Council at the State Council Headquarters, Umuahia. Then by 1:00pm, he will hold Town Hall Meeting at the International Conference Center Umuahia.
“We, therefore, call on our candidates, leaders and members of our great party, Obi-Datti Support groups and ALL Abians to come out en mass, let’s show truly that Abia state is completely Obident,” the statement concluded.
In a related development, Governorship Candidate of the LP in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti has called on the people of the state to turn-out en masse and accord the LP Presidential campaign team a rousing reception on Friday.
The Governorship aspirant wrote via his official Facebook handle “Ndi Abia nwem, tomorrow the Presidential campaign train of our party visits God’s own state. I encourage us to come out and welcome our Presidential candidate @PeterObi, his running mate, and members of their team. We shall accord them the uncommon hospitality of Ndi Abia.”
