Obi/Datti 2023: Labour Party Decries Attack In Katsina
- Demands investigation by security agencies
- Applauds Katsina people for their support
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has narrated how his campaign team was attacked in Katsina State.
Obi’s team, which has been on a state-to-state tour, touched down in Katsina on Monday, where they wooed voters and promised to tackle insecurity if elected come Saturday, February 25, 2023.
A statement issued on his behalf by the Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, described the attack on Obi and his campaign team as condemnable.
According to the statement; “Our candidate had met with women in a town hall and then held a hugely successful rally at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium.
“However, on his way to the airport, hoodlums attacked the car our candidate was riding in with heavy stones from his driver’s side causing substantial damage to the vehicle.”
“To the glory of God, Mr Obi and other occupants of the car were unhurt. Subsequently, another set of thugs also threw stones outside the stadium which damaged several vehicles, including that of our official stage crew,” Onifade said.
The Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson stated that the two incidents taken together make the team suspect that the attacks may have been premeditated at the behest of desperate politicians who had been deluding themselves with the false claim that they had the northwest in their pockets but are now shocked by the show of force of the “Obidient movement” in the region.
In commending the people of Katsina State who came out en masse to support their campaign on Monday, the statement urged security agencies to investigate the attacks in order to forestall future occurrences.
