Breaking: Don’t vote for Party, vote for competent candidates – Obi tells Enugu electorate

Thaddeus Ugwuoke

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi yesterday admonished Enugu electorate not to vote along party lines but according to the credibility and competence of any candidate.

Mr Obi who made this known to the thousands of Enugu supporters during his presidential rally held in Okpara Square yesterday in the state capital, said it has become imperative for electorate to know who and where to vote since the struggle to get it right is devoid of party lines.

He further maintained that he is not unaware of the fact that some overzealous and desperate politicians who lost primary elections in other party have abandoned their party to defect to Labour Party because of the Obidient Movement, stating that a party is an inanimate object which could be made or marred by humans.

“In today’s Nigerian politics, the voters should be wise enough to vote for competent candidates who has pedigree and strong records of achievement irrespective of the party they are. It is time to usher in leaders with private sector background so that their will be prudent management of resources as it is being applied in the private sector.

The problem we have in Nigeria is that there are people who have been in political offices for decades without any single achievement. Judge the person from the last position held. Ndi Enugu should learn how to seperate the sheeps from the wolves by learning how to vote wisely for individuals who have good private sector background and not party. I am Peter Gregory Obi, and I will plead you to vote for me and not other candidates whom I may not know too well, Obi concluded.

Recall that Obi had during the political rally refused to introduce Chijioke Jonathan Edeoga and other Labour Party candidates to the people of Enugu State while soliciting for votes unlike what was obtainable in other states he had visited.