Killings, poverty worsened after 2023 elections, say Obi supporters

By : Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja

Date: 27 September 2023 4:44am WAT

Labour Party's supporters walk past a banner with the picture of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed during a campaign rally at Adamasingba Stadium in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria, on November 23, 2022, ahead of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

Over 40 support groups of the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, have lamented poor state of the economy, saying insecurity and poverty worsened after the 2023 general election.

Some of the groups are Peter Obi Support Network (POSN), Peter ObiDatti Presidential Global Network (PPGN), Women for Peter Obi (WPO), Take Back Naija (TBN), Peter Obi Movement (POM), Peter Obi Vanguard Ambassadors (POVA), United Pastors For Peter Obi, and Nigeria Unites For Peter Obi (NUPO).

Speaking on behalf the groups, Michael Chukwujekwu, in a statement, yesterday, claimed that hardship, thuggery, deprivation, and killings became intense during and after the 2023 polls.