The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has called on the people of Ondo state to elect who has the required capacity to rebuild the state in the November 16 gubernatorial election.
Obi spoke on Monday in Akure, the state capital, while leading the campaign of the LP candidate in the election, Sola Ebiseeni.
He urged the people to vote for the LP standard bearer if they genuinely desired the progress and development of the state.
“Ondo electorate should shun vote buying and selling because it is money which they have stolen that they are using to buy them,” he said.
Obi said the time had come to rebuild Ondo State, adding that only Ebiseni could achieve that and provide employment, education and infrastructure to the citizens.
The former presidential standard bearer warned the voters against voting for those who usually showed up every four years to canvas for votes.
He lamented that what was operating in Nigeria could not be described as democracy but a travesty of the system.
Obi said: “We know democracy is suffering in Nigeria. We know they have turned democracy into transitional politics. But we still insist that we continue to campaign and tell Nigerians that this is time to start building a new Nigeria.
“A Nigeria where a child of nobody is somebody, a Nigeria where there will be equal opportunity, a Nigeria where we put people out of poverty, a Nigeria where our children will be in school, where our hospitals will work.
“We don’t want people to give us money which they have stolen from us and thereafter, they continue to steal more. We want to stop the stealing and start the rebuilding; we want to stop the destroying and start the rebuilding; we want to move this country from consumption to production so we can create jobs. That is why we are here campaigning.”
Ebiseeni expressed confidence that he would win the governorship election, saying LP was the most popular political party in the state.
“This is a party that the people of Ondo State voted for twice and was in power in this state between 2009 and 2017. Our programmes and policies and projects are everywhere and you know it.
“Everywhere you go in Ondo State, all the projects you see are in the colour of the dress I am wearing. I am deliberately wearing the orange colour, which is the colour of the Labour Party and the colour you will see in every project.
“Our presidential candidate is here to give support and to let Nigerians know that the Labour Party is the party to vote for.”