Obi urged the people of Nnewi to try and convert others in this all-important project of “rescuing Nigeria.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that Nnewi, a town in Anambra State, will play a critical role in the consumption-to-production policy of his manifesto if he is elected into office.
Obi stated this on Tuesday during a stop at Anambra’s industrial hub after conducting rallies in all the states.
Obi who was warmly received by the community leaders, including their traditional ruler, Igwe Orizu III, said the town’s importance in his consumption-to-production vision is because they are already manufacturing things.
He told the people that he has not come to campaign because Nnewi is already backing him, but to tell them to try and convert others in this all-important project of “rescuing Nigeria.”
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The former Anambra State governor said that in all his political journeys, Nnewi has always supported him and he is, therefore, certain about their support this time around.
The high point of the Nnewi trip was the visit to the Palace of Nnewi king, Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III, the traditional supreme ruler and Spiritual leader of the Nnewi Kingdom who publicly prayed for Obi and assured him of his blessing and support.
All the top red cap chiefs of the town and other leaders were on hand to receive the LP flag bearer and his team that included the former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman; a son of the soil, former speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, and Director of Mobilization in Obi-Datti Campaigns, Benchuks Nwosu, and other leaders of the party.
The Obi-Datti Media said that as it has been in all the places he visited, an organic crowd of obedient supporters shut down the city chanting various support songs to show their solidarity for the project that he is leading.