..support groups joins his campaign train …Youths stage solidarity match
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Barely 24 hours into the Labour Party(LP) governorship primary election in Imo State,some notable support groups of Peter Obi has collapsed their structure into the campaign organ of Okechukwu Ukaegbu,one of the leading aspirant of the party,the Imo Solution (IS).
Explaining reasons for their decision, State chairman of IS,Samako Njoku said Ukaegbu just like Obi is more competent and in every ramifications to face the candidates of other political parties.
“His integrity is not in doubt,he is a grassroot man,a philanthropist of note who has empowered so many youths in the State in different fields.
He said ” I’m the treasurer of Takeback Nigeria and also the secretary of Peter Obi For All For Real” support group, we’re doing today what we did for for His Excellency Peter Obi when he was in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and when he left for LP,we followed him,today we’re collapsing into Imo Solution for Okechukwu Ukaegbu “.
Also,zonal youth leader of LP,Owerri zone, who is also the leader of Imo Youths Solidarity(IYS) for Ikenga Modestus Iheme who led the over two thousand youths in a solidarity match along major roads in the State while corroborating Njoku’s stance affirmed that they took the decision to support Ukaegbu because of his genuine love for humanity.
He said” We don’t just need anybody to go there, we need somebody with capacity, somebody that can fight for the ticket for us,we need somebody more especially who has laboured for the party in the past and not a moneybag who is just coming into the party.
“Ukaegbu has been in the party for about 14 years now even running the party offices both at the National and State level. His philanthropist gesture is second to non,he sends children on scholarships,he makes sure every year, 10 children are awarded scholars! hips trained from primary to tertiary institutions.
” Also,if you look at who can defeat the incumbent, it’s Ukaegbu, doing that would be very easy for him,so what were saying is let labour party just give him the ticket and that’s all”. Iheme boasted.