The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has assured Nigerians that his campaign team would account for the donations received for the poll.
The former Anambra State Governor gave the assurance in a statement via his verified X handle on Friday.
Obi said the Obi-Datti campaign team has commenced public accounting of the funds received during the 2023 presidential election.
Recall that the National Treasurer of the party, Oluchi Opara, had at a press conference on Monday challenged the National Chairman, Julius Abure, to account for an alleged N3.5 billion raised from the sale of nomination forms and fundraising activities in the build-up to the 2023 general election.
Reacting, the party leadership on Wednesday slammed a six months suspension on Opara for shunning an invitation to a probe meeting and dragging the party’s name in the mud.
Also, Abure challenged the suspended National Treasurer of the party to provide evidence to back her N3.5 billion fraud allegation against him, and promised to file a defamation suit against her.
Obi, reacting to the development, shared on his X handle: “Yesterday, we commenced the public accounting process for Obi-Datti Campaign Funds for the 2023 general election, starting with the crowdfunding, which was where we asked the general citizens to contribute to our endeavour.
“This process was managed by a team led by @AishaYesufu. We will go from that to other processes, ensuring that we account to those who supported us either in cash or in kind to assure them that their contributions were properly used for the purpose which it was sought for and they graciously, and in some cases, immeasurably, supported us.
“We will also be directing various support groups and bodies that worked for our collective goal of birthing a new Nigeria to do the same by accounting to those who donated to them.
“In addition, as I said immediately after the Supreme Court judgement, that this year 2024, beginning from the end of first quarter, we are going to embark on a Thank You tour to the various places we have been to, in order to physically appreciate our supporters.
“We will also show our donors the very visible success we achieved by the judicious management of their resources despite having less than 20 percent of our budget to work with.
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“The generous support of our donors and their unwavering dedication and commitment to the democratic process, which we are committed to, have not gone unnoticed.
“Despite the challenges and obstacles that came our way, they stood strong and played a crucial role in shaping the future of our nation.”