Obi told the Ijaw National Congress that he is seeking the people’s mandate to fill the vacuum created in Nigeria’s polity by successive leadership failure.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Thursday got a huge boost to his aspiration with an endorsement from Ijaw National Congress (INC), umbrella body of the Ijaw people.
The INC endorsed Obi’s candidacy at the Ijaw House, Yenaoga, Bayelsa State during an interactive session.
The Ijaw, who are spread from Sierra Leone to Gabon, dominate Bayelsa State, and have sizeable populations in Delta, Rivers, and Ondo states. They are also spread around the coast of Nigeria. They have a population strength of about 4 million, which could be about 2% of the Nigerian population of over 200 million.
The endorsement by the INC is a follow-up to the one done by Southern Ethnic Nationalities comprising, the Yoruba apex socio-cultural group, the Afenifere; Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the umbrella body of the Igbo, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo; and the Middle Belt Forum announced in Abuja last week.
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Obi told the Ijaw National Congress that he is seeking the people’s mandate to fill the vacuum created in Nigeria’s polity by successive leadership failure.
He told the people that a new Nigeria is possible and it has to be based on justice and equity where the people’s resources should be used to develop their areas.
The former Anambra State governor assured the Ijaw that he and his running mate are determined to create a new Nigeria where the people will live in peace secured and in harmony.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had led the high-profile Nigerians that includes First Republic Minister of Information, Edwin Clark; and renowned jurist, Afe Babalola, among others to endorse the LP Presidential candidate who is enjoying the massive support of Nigerian women and youths.