Obidient Harmonisation Committee
20 May 2024
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 poll, have commenced harmonisation of structures across the country with the inauguration of the Obidient Harmonisation Committee (OHC).
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