The mammoth crowd, which increased as the team advanced, moved round the major roads in the state before returning to Okpara Square.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, shook Enugu today, September 10, during a rally to drum support for him.
The supporters, who go by the moniker, the Obidients, came out in their thousands in what they termed one-million-man march, which commenced at the Michael Okpara Square. The rally grounded vehicular movement within the metropolis.
The mammoth crowd, which increased as the team advanced, moved round the major roads in the state before returning to Okpara Square.
Commuters, who are facing herculean task in accessing some parts of the state, resorted to alternative routes.
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Obi’s supporters marched through the capital city singing solidarity songs as they moved.
The rally was peaceful as the excited participants conducted themselves in a very peaceful manner.
Speaking to journalists, Dr. Chima Edoga, Co-Director planning committee, Enugu one-million-man fitness march for ObiDatti Season One, described the rally as a huge success, stressing that “Nigerians are demonstrating their resolve to retake their country.”
He said the rally, which has been going on across the country, was a demonstration to critics that the masses were Obi’s structures
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