Chimaroke Nnamani, a former Governor of Enugu state, has asked members and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stand firm and not be swayed by the supporters of Labour Party, LP, candidate, Peter Obi.
Nnamani described Obi’s supporters as noisy, loud, intolerant, proselytisers and condescending, noting that the recent election in Osun State showed a reflection of the party’s actual rating at the grassroots.
He charged the PDP leaders not to play into the hands of the Obi’s supporters.
Recall that LP candidate, Peter Obi has become widely accepted by Nigerian youths who identify as “Obidients” and are promoting his candidacy.
Reacting, the Enugu State Senator likened the ‘Obi-dient movement’ to the story of the Tortoise that borrowed feather from other animals to enable it fly to attend a feast, only to appropriate what belongs to everyone to himself, claiming to be everybody.
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He said: “That is exactly what they want; to borrow from everybody, and then turn round to appropriate everything. Do not give them your feathers; let them stay on the ground where they belong. Your feathers are the structures they need. Call their bluff.
“Our party and platform is PDP. We must stand firm. We must not be swayed by the Obi-dient sentiments and vote LP. If we blur the distinction, it will be difficult to reverse.
“Remember these Obi-dients advocates are noisy, loud, intolerant, proselytisers, condescending but less than 0.25 percent of over 200 million Nigerian population. At least, Osun state’s 2000 votes for LP bears it out.
“We cannot allow Obi-dients to inherit our labour in the PDP. In battle, do you give invaders your beachhead to land and now seek to drive them away? We have to be on the alert because they are luring us into false sense of complacency using deception.”
Source: Guardian