Express yourselves gracefully, don’t shut doors on future collaborations, Obi tells supporters

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, showed class on Sunday when he advised his supporters to be more tolerant of the opposition in order not to shut doors on future collaborations.

Obi who has some of the most dedicated and loyal supporters in this election cycle made the appeal in the wake of the statement by the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on why his party is finding it difficult to consummate an alliance with the Labour Party.

In a statement on his verified Twitter handle, Obi appealed to his supporters to imbibe the virtue of tolerance in the course of campaigning for his presidential bid.

While thanking them for their overwhelming and unqualified support and for believing in him and his commitment to building a united, secure and well-functioning Nigeria, Obi, nevertheless, admonished them to be graceful even in expressing their support “so as not to precipitately shut doors to future collaborations on sustainable nation-building.”