The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has said he has no reason to take a rest after the campaigns and polls.
The former two-term Governor of Anambra State said this on Sunday at the Awka Central Mosque in Anambra State.
Obi, who was at the mosque on a visit to the Muslim community, said those who had to go for a rest after the campaign and election had their reason for doing so.
Speaking with newsmen after celebrating the Eid-El Fitri with the Muslim community, Obi said: “People who want to rest can go and rest.
“Me, I am not resting because I have to be visiting schools and hospitals and be interacting with people.
“No serious leader will go and rest in Nigeria.
“We will continue to visit as many people as we can and also support them in the best way we can.”
Obi told the Muslim community that his visit had nothing to do with politics because the campaigns had ended.
He said: “I am a Christian and you are Muslims, but we are all Nigerians.
“Politics can also not divide us.
“I have never seen any road that is built and is only for Muslims to drive on, or seen any market where only Christians buy bread cheaper than Muslims.
“If you know such a market, please tell me, let me go and buy.
“If you go to Dubai, the land on which one of the biggest churches is built was donated by the ruler of Dubai who is a Muslim.
“In England too, a mosque was donated by the Queen, who is the head of the Church of England.
“We are one and we are created by the same God.
“We should therefore not allow religion or politics to divide us.
“Nigeria will continue to be one irrespective of political affiliation.
“When I told people that I will start fighting poverty from the north, some people said that the North is not poorer than South and that since I’m from the South, I should start here.
“But the truth is that I know that the vast land which we would use to solve the problem of poverty in Nigeria is in the north.
“We’re committed to a better Nigeria.
“What our people want are the good things of life because all of us are suffering the problems of Nigeria.”
Obi, who donated foodstuff and cash to the Muslim community, pledge to assist with the ongoing renovation of the mosque.