The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has appealed to his supporters in Ogbaru, Anambra State to vote for the LP House of Representatives candidate, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, in Saturday’s supplementary election in Ogbaru.
The poll in Ogbaru Federal Constituency was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
This was after the February 28 presidential and National Assembly elections.
Obi assured Ogbaru people that Ogene is a good candidate, who is humble, loyal and honest and who would ensure that the development of Ogbaru would not be neglected.
Hon. Ogene is former member of the House of Representatives who represented Ogbaru from 2011 to 2015.
Obi made this appeal on Thursday while on a road-show campaign tour of the wards in the Ogbaru Federal Constituency, where INEC slated to conduct supplementary election to determine the ultimate winner of the seat.
At the various spots where he presented the LP candidate in the Federal Constituency to the people of the area, Obi, who was accompanied by Senator-elect Tony Nwoye and Oseloka Obaze, told the people that Ogene is committed to his (Obi’s) philosophy of “building a new Nigeria” and told the people: “I am here to beg you to vote for us, vote for Labour Party, vote for Afam Ogene, we will support him, and, he will rebuild here (Ogbaru).
“Remember that I built all these roads here when I was governor.
“If you vote for us in this Saturday re-run election, we will come back to thank you.
“Afam Ogene will develop here.”
The Labour Party won both the presidential and senatorial elections in Ogbaru in February, while its candidate, Ogene, was also leading other parties comfortably in the House of Representatives election before it was declared inconclusive.
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