Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed will poll a minimum of 15 million voters during the February 25, 2023 election.
Dr Doyin Okupe, the Director General of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, expressed this confidence in Abuja on Wednesday as the party unveiled its 1,234 member campaign council for the 2023 election.
Obi and his running mate were not in attendance.
The presidential candidate had disclosed that he was attending the ICAN 52nd Annual Accountants Conference.
Okupe urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be fair, impartial, fearless and patriotic umpire.
He said: “Already, we have seen, earlier this year, in this very dispensation, how corrupt money politics and evil political conspiracies, have destroyed unity, peace and cohesion, and stifled healthy democratic determination, in the internal structures of political parties, leading to heightened tensions and political disaffection.
“But we cannot allow these unhealthy practices, to continue to truncate the destiny of our nation. As leaders who profess love for the country and the people we aspire to lead, we must resolve to put a stop to these practices, this time, and commit to playing fairly, by the rules.”
He said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are no option for young Nigerians, saying they are culpable of corruption and greed.
“The arrogant, corrupt, and clearly selfish practices of this old order politicians and their parties, who believe they can always buy their way into power, and always compromise every institution, have now been spotlighted, and stand totally rejected, by this new class of Nigerian voters,” Okupe said.
He urged security agencies to stand tall against all nefarious political practices, and vile tendencies, that may want to sabotage the peace and progressive march of the country.
