JUST IN: Nasarawa pro-Obi women groups advocate peaceful elections

Women groups in Nasarawa State supporting the political ambition of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have called on residents of the state to eschew all forms of violence in the 2023 general election and vote credible leaders into office.

Speaking in Lafia on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting in preparation for the Labour Party National Women Leader’s visit to the state, spokesperson for the support groups, Cecilia Anzaku, said violence had affected the outcome of previous elections in the country, hence the need to advocate for peaceful elections in 2023.

She further narrated that the women support groups, numbering 22 with about 78,000 members across the 13 Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, would be receiving the LP’s National Women Leader, Dudu Manuga, before the kick-off of the presidential campaigns on September 28, 2022.

She expressed confidence that Peter Obi  and other candidates of the party would emerge victorious in the 2023 general election, saying Nigerians were tired of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party-led governments at the federal and state levels.

She said, “The leaders of the 22 women support groups are here to plan on how to receive the Labour Party National Women Leader who is supposed to be in the state before the presidential campaigns begin. Our members are about 78,000 across the state and we are ready to give her a rousing welcome.

“Another reason for this meeting today is to urge residents of the state to avoid all forms of violence as we approach the campaign season for the 2023 general election. Violence in previous years had hindered us from electing credible leaders into office, so we do not want a repeat of such in the coming elections.

“Nigerians are tired of the ruling political parties because they have failed us. Schools are closed due to insecurity, prices of food stuff have gone too high in the market, and so many wrong things happening in the country. We all want our country to be better, so I am confident that all Labour Party candidates will win their elections in 2023.”

Earlier in her welcome address, the state Women Leader, Hajara Dalhatu, expressed gratitude to leaders of the support groups for the confidence reposed in Peter Obi and other candidates of the party and promised that their efforts would not be in vain.