The Labour Party, LP has said those attributing Peter Obi\u2019s performance in the just concluded presidential election to religion or ethnicity are being \u201cignorant and mischievous.\u201d<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, said this in a statement via his official Twitter handle on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Nollywood actor, insisted that no politician in the country\u2019s history under a relatively unknown political party achieved the spread and votes that Obi got.<\/p>\n
Recall that Okonkwo\u2019s comment is coming against the backdrop of a leaked audio conversation between his principal and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church.<\/p>\n
The audio conversation alleged Obi described the election as a \u201creligious war\u201d and solicited help from Oyedepo to talk to his people.<\/p>\n
But, Okonkwo said that some people were \u201ctrumping up useless and baseless allegations to taint Obi\u2019s records\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also said that evidence showed all tribes and religions voted for Obi at the February 25 election.<\/p>\n
His words, \u201cAnybody who ascribes ethnic or religious implication to Obi\u2019s phenomenal success in the 2023 presidential election is ignorant and mischievous. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no Politician in Nigeria\u2019s history that contested the presidential election in Nigeria for the first time under a relatively unknown political party against two established two major political parties that achieved the spread and votes that Obi achieved. <\/p>\n
\u201cHis performance in the FCT and Lagos, which have the most cosmopolitan nature in Nigeria, shows that Hausas, Yoruba, Igbo, all tribes, Muslims, Christians and every religion voted for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stated further, \u201cSeeing his powerful petition to reclaim his mandate, stolen through open robbery by INEC and the failed APC ruling party, they are trumping up useless and baseless allegations to taint his records. <\/p>\n
\u201cA party that brought out a sick old drug baron and religious bigot who chose same faith ticket in a multi-religious Nigeria should be too ashamed to even speak in the public space. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut this is the low they\u2019ve brought Nigeria to and they will soon be cleaned out from the leadership cadre in Nigeria, by God\u2019s grace”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Labour Party, LP has said those attributing Peter Obi\u2019s performance in the just concluded presidential election to religion or ethnicity are being \u201cignorant and mischievous.\u201d The party\u2019s chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, said this in a statement via his official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The Nollywood actor, insisted that no politician in the country\u2019s history under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":251697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2196,38883,1345,25744],"class_list":["post-260152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-2023-election","tag-lp","tag-peter-obi","tag-presidential-election"],"yoast_head":"\n