The Rivers State Labour Party governorship candidate, Beatrice Itubo, was left out of Peter Obi’s itinerary during the visit.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has apologized to the party’s governorship candidate in Rivers State, Beatrice Itubo, for snubbing her during his visit to the state’s governor, Nyesom Wike.
Obi, had on November 17, visited Rivers at the behest of the state governor, Nyesom Wike, where he tacitly endorsed the governor’s candidates at the state level in exchange for his Aso Rock run.
Obi reportedly addressed the Rivers PDP guber candidate, Simi Fubara, as the incoming Governor of Rivers State while commissioning a project executed by Governor Wike.
The Rivers State Labour Party governorship candidate, Beatrice Itubo, was left out of his itinerary during the visit.
It later emerged that Beatrice Itubo has reportedly been ill for two weeks after she was involved in a domestic accident.
Obi, in a statement shared via his Twitter handle, apologised to Beatrice Itubo for leaving her out of his schedule during the Rivers visit, saying he was unaware that she was I’ll.
The statement reads: “My sincere apologies to Mrs Beatrice Itubo, the Labour Party candidate in Rivers State for an inadvertent oversight. When I visited Port Harcourt a few days back, I was not informed or aware of her sickness.
“On arrival in PH, I was welcomed by the Labour Party Presidential State Coordinator in Rivers State and other Party stakeholders. We had a useful meeting and I explained to them the purpose of my visit, which was to respectfully honour an invitation by the Rivers State Government and that I will return for our party’s rally and other LP engagements soon. No one mentioned that our candidate was sick, otherwise I would have visited her before or after the event. I had committed to passing through the campaign office no matter how late, and that I did at about 6.30pm. My dear sister, I sincerely wish you a very quick recovery and reassure you of our good working relationship. May God Almighty bless you always. -PO”
