The former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has stated that the oppositions now organize town hall meetings just for him noting that it doesn’t bothers him.
Daily Post reported that Peter Obi, a chieftain of the Labour Party stated this in Canada while responding to questions about the last general election in Nigeria.
It had earlier been reported that the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi was in Canada for a “thank you” tour to appreciate Nigerians living in the country for the support offered him during the 2023 campaign/ general elections.
During the election, Peter Obi was defeated by the standard flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Peter Obi said; “If I tell people, and I say it every day what I go through, you will ask me why am I in this thing. You will ask me why am I still doing this; who do you still have to bother? But I’m in it.”
He added; “Every now and then you see various agencies of government, tools of government, even when I am not running any election, calling me names every day”
He stated further; “They now organize town hall meetings just for me, No problem. It doesn’t bother me. Let’s keep doing what we were doing. We did well. And we should be proud of it and continue in that trajectory”
