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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday said Nigeria needed a leader that would stop wastage and rebuild a new country which would result in citizens’ loyalty.
Obi stated that the only accusation against him was that he was stingy, but added that Nigeria needed a stingy leader with a culture of saving.
This was as the former governor of Anambra State said the ‘Obidient’ movement did not necessarily represent a political party but a people of different formations desirous of building a new Nigeria.
Addressing participants at at a campaign rally held in the Rwang Pam stadium, Jos, the Plateau State capital, Obi led the people to observe a minute silence for members of the Peoples Democratic Party from Plateau State who died in a road accident while returning from a campaign rally.
These were contained in a release by the Obi-Datti media team.
The statement read in part…
