Don’t judge LP by Lasun Yusuff’s failure in Osun – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has urged his supporters not feel despair over the poor showing of his party’s candidate Lasun Yussuff in the last Saturday’s governorship poll in Osun State.
Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared the winner of the poll, trouncing incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola and 13 others.
Obi, in a raft of tweets, said the “outcome of this particular election is not a verdict” on LP’s “exponentially growing strength nationwide”.
The presidential flag bearer put Lasun’s woeful performance down to “the fact that we are barely one month old in the party.”
“To the Obidient Movement Family and our supporters nationwide, the outcome of this particular election is not a verdict on our exponentially growing strength nationwide, especially when viewed against the fact that we are barely one month old in the party and we had to contend
with forces that have been entrenched in the state for the last two decades.
“However, within this very short period of only a few weeks, the Labour Party has made its presence and political impact felt nationally.
“We must strengthen our collective resolve not to relent in our noble march to take back our country. Much work remains to be done, hence we must focus the totality of our efforts now on the forthcoming 2023 General elections.
“In the fullness of time, our message of rescue and recovery will resonate throughout the length and breath of the nation and most Nigerian electorate will buy in into our mission to take back Nigeria, for the purpose of rescuing it from continued decline, shift the National psyche from consumption to production and from sharing dwindling resources to creating wealth and frontally combating poverty,” Obi told his supporters.
