Dino Melaye, the spokesperson, Peoples Democratic People,
PDP, Presidential Campaign Management Committee, has rubbished the one
million-man march for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour
Party, LP, over the weekend in Abuja.
According to him, the so-called Obi supporters were just
hungry Nigerians paid N1000-N2000 and assembled from all parts of Abuja and
Nigerians, in general, to stand to say they were Obi-dients.
Melaye insisted that the forthcoming presidential election
is between the presidential candidate of the PDP and the others, adding that
Peter Obi’s presence at the recently concluded governorship election in Osun
State did not make his party a challenger.
“Just like if you go to court they’ll say Federal Government
vs Dino Melaye and others and this particular case you have Atiku Abubakar and
others including the APC, Labour Party, SDP, NNPP all of them are others in
this regard,” Melaye said on Arise TV’s The Morning Show
“And I want to tell you that to assemble crowd is just to
bring out money. Mobilization is very very cheap in this country.
“People are hungry. If you go to Nyanya, Mararaba people
were being loaded in buses from Lugbe and every part of the country to stand
and say they’re supporting…let them to the election.
“I think Peter Obi was in Osun. He spoke in Osun, and we saw
the result of the Labour Party in Osun – 2700 votes – while PDP was counting
four hundred and something thousand votes…so it’s not about the commercial
mobilization of the people.
“Nigerians are hungry definitely if you go to Mararaba today
to say you need 5000 people with the blow of a whistle, they’ll assemble and
collect their N1000 or N2000. It is not the match on the streets that will
determine the votes.
“We’re talking of proper votes and Nigerians know that Atiku is speaking to the issues. We’re not on hype movements.”
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