Some of you have suffered physical attacks, loss of rights and privileges – Peter Obi tells Obidients to bear the attacks as they are sacrifices required to create a new Nigeria

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has penned a touching message to his followers popularly known as Obidients

He said he and Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, were mindful that his supporters had suffered vituperations, physical attacks, loss of rights and privileges, including hateful trolls, indignities, and vexatious fighting words.

He shared this in a tweet via his Twitter handle. According to him, they are sacrifices that are to be made in order to create a Nigeria where justice, equity, fairness, love, and prosperity shall reign.

The statement reads in part; “My Obidients, a very happy Holy Month of Easter and Ramadan to you all. As we celebrate the Easter and look forward to a joyous Eid El Fitr, we pray for God Almighty’s guidance, protection and blessings as we face and pass through a litany of challenges in our dear country, Nigeria- flawed electoral processes, insecurity, weak institutions, multidimensional poverty, unemployment, inflation, lack of justice, fairness, equity, opportunities and many more.

“As we reflect on these challenges and look forward to a New Nigeria that is POssible, Datti and I are painfully mindful that for the mere reason of being OBIdient, most of you have suffered vituperations, physical attacks, loss of rights and privileges, hateful trolls, indignities and vexatious fighting words, even from some of those we long regarded as civic leaders and conscience of our nation. Please bear such attacks as the sacrifices that we are all required to make in order to create a New Nigeria, where justice, equity, fairness, love and prosperity shall reign.”