Eid-il-Fitr: Intrigues As Peter Obi Visits Mosque, Makes Huge Donation, Photos Emerge

• Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has celebrated the Eid-il-Fitr with the Muslim community in Awka, Anambra state capital
• The former governor of Anambra state shared gift items with the Muslim faithful and prayed that their supplications during Ramadan be answered
• The presidential candidate had earlier visited another Mosque in Onitsha where he also shared gift items and interacted with them

Awka, Anambra - Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has visited the Mosque in Awka, the Anambra state capital to celebrate the Eid-il-Fitr with the Muslim community.

The former governor of Anambra state was reported to have made a similar visit to the Central Mosque, Onitsha, on Sunday, April 23, The Nation reported.

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Why Peter Obi shared gift items in Anambra mosque

Obi has said his visit to the Mosque was to celebrate with the Muslim community in Anambra state while sharing the joy of the Eid-il-Fitr with the Muslim faithful. He also reckoned with their kind words and prayer for a new Nigeria he advocated for.

The presidential candidate prayed to Almighty Allah to accept the sacrifices, charity, supplications and all their good deeds as an act of worship and reward them abundantly in life and hereafter.

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Obi said his host recounted how he rebuilt their Mosque during the crisis that erupted when he was the governor of the state, provided maximum security for them in 2006 and sponsored several members of the Muslim community to attend the hajj, one of the 5 pillars of Islam.

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According to Obi:

"What is most comforting for them is that I am the only politician who has maintained the routine of customarily visiting the Central Mosque, remained supportive of the Community and maintained a close and cordial relationship with them."

"No serious leader will go and rest in Nigeria": Peter Obi tackles Tinubu

Legit.ng earlier reported that Peter Obi of the Labour Party had shaded Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, on his return to Nigeria from France in a veiled message.

During his visit to the Muslim community in Awka, the Anambra state capital, Obi said no serious leader would leave the country to rest somewhere else with the situation of Nigeria now.

The former governor of Anambra state said he had not rested since the election ended because of the dilemma Nigeria currently finds itself in.

Source: Legit.ng