JUST IN: Peter Obi Pays August Visit to Highly Influential Southwest Leader, Others, Photos Emerge
- Twenty-four hours after his appearance and speech at the Nigerian Bar Association's 2022 conference, Peter Obi visited the leader of the Afenifere group
- Obi, Labour Party's 2023 presidential flag bearer, tweeted photos of him at the residence of Pa Ayo Adebanjo on Tuesday, August 23
- According to Obi, he was at the location with some members of the south and Middle Belt Leadership Forum and Labour Party leaders
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, is visiting a southwest elder statesman and leader of Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo.
In a tweet shared on his personal Twitter account, Obi said he visited Adebanjo alongside members of the south and Middle Belt Leadership Forum on Tuesday, August 23.
Source: Twitter
The former governor of Anambra state also noted that national leaders of his party, the Labour Party and other stakeholders are with him at the location.
His tweet said:
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"Presently visiting PA Ayo Adebanjo and members of the South and Middle Belt Leadership Forum. The National leaders of the Labour Party and other stakeholders are here too."
Although it is not yet clear what discussions the team are having with the elder statesman, Legit.ng gathered that the meeting is in line with Obi's continued consultations with key leaders in the country ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Pa Adebanjo throwing support for Peter Obi
Channels Television earlier reported that Pa Debanjo had in the past month thrown his weight behind the candidacy of Peter Obi.
Adebanjo made his decision known after he explained that the decision to back the Labour Party was in line with his belief that the southeast should produce Nigeria's next president.
According to Adebanjo, his decision to endorse the Labour Party is also the position of Afenifere as a group.
Peter Obi on a roll as top US university invites Labour Party flag bearer to institution's town hall meeting
Columbia University had earlier invited the Labour Party's 2023 flag bearer to speak at its town hall meeting on Sunday, September 4.
Peter Obi will be speaking on Afro Economics & Government Policy at the event which would be hosted by Columbia Africa Business Club and Black Law Students Association.
According to the organisers, the location for the event will be made available to confirmed guests after registration.
'Satan campaigning against sin', Reno Omokri blasts Peter Obi's consumption to production economic plan
A campaign to move Nigeria from a consumption to a production economy by Peter Obi has unsettled a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan.
Reno Omokri said the everyday sermon shared by the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party is like a campaign against sin by the devil.
According to Omokri, Peter Obi is one of the highest contributors to the challenges faced by Nigeria's naira through his numerous importation businesses.
Source: Legit.ng
