Following the outcome of the presidential election and the call to arrest the Labour party Presidential candidate Peter Obi and his vice Ahmed Baba Datti, the Labour party youth wing has frowned over the recent turn of events in the country since after the declaration of the February 25th Presidential Election result; The youths speaking through their National acting youth Leader Prince Kennedy Ahanotu in Owerri Imo state stated that “INEC chairman’s rascality and undemocratic behavior of not reviewing collated results has continued to generate local and international reactions”.
“Today, those who were wrongfully declared are not even celebrating but are surprisingly calling for the arrest of those whose mandate were stolen and have obeyed the instruction to ‘go to court’. We are in court already”. The youths leader stated in his press release that “It is important we go to the archives to ascertain that during the campaigns, it was only the APC presidential candidate and spokespersons that were caught on videos promoting violence especially Bola Tinubu who openly asked his supporters to fight, snatch, grab and run with our collective mandate; and that was exactly what APC supporters did in Lagos state, Rivers state and many other states across the country”.
“My president in waiting was always sounding modest, issue based and never encouraged violence by the way he conducted himself. Hence, Nigerians of goodwill voted massively for him. Mr Peter Obi and Dr Datti Baba Ahmed were the only candidates who concentrated campaigns on issues of national unity, best interest, development, and economic prosperity”. He frowned at the open attack on Igbos in Lagos, where Tinubu is said to hail from is a clear proof to the threats and commands by notable APC supporters in Lagos, which the police never took serious when they termed Dayo Israel and MC Oluomo’s threats as a joke. It is on record that no Hausa or Yoruba person were attacked in Anambra, where Mr. Peter Obi hails from. In fact, a Yoruba man won a State Assembly Election in Abia State on the LP platform showing that the Igbos are the true reflection of Nigerians unity. Igbos invests virtually in every state of this country. The hate should stop and we must accept that we are all Nigerians. “Since after the election, the opposition, especially APC, expected violent resistance, but we beat them to it and conducted ourselves in a most civil manner. I recall with keen interest what happened in 2011 general election that Buhari lost, and even June 12.
It’s surprising to see the APC stage managing all manner of baseless propaganda to misrepresent our collective sense of equity and justice.
The youths further demands that “the various calls for the arrest of Mr. Peter Obi and Datti Baba Ahmed should stop forthwith as we the Obedient Nigerian Youths have cast our final hopes on the Judiciary; and we shall be in the courts to observe every process for future reference. “The attacks, intimidation, and molestation of the Igbos in Lagos should please be stopped because such is an invitation to national instability. Nigerians must live as free citizens wherever they are in any part of this country. “The Nigerian security agencies should please employ high level of professional conduct in executing their jobs and desist from being a ready tool in the hands of power drunk politicians who have kept us below the bars of international standards”.
They further passed a vote of confidence on the National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure and urge Nigerians to ignore any kind of selfish call for his suspension from some elements, declaring that all obedient family members are fully with the National Chairman, who pioneered the journey of changing the narrative in the country. They further passed a vote of confidence on the Judiciary, hoping to get the best judgment as regards the last presidential election.
