Why Labour Party postponed Peter Obi’s presidential campaign in Ekiti, Ondo

Labour Party has given reasons why its presidential campaign rallies were postponed in Ekiti and Ondo States.

Announcing the postponment on its official twitter handle, LP said the rallies were suspended due to “unavoidable and unusual circumstances”.

The campaign rallies were initially fixed for December 15 and 16 in Ekiti and Ondo states, respectively.

The LP apologised to its supporters over the development and said new dates for the campaign rallies would be announced.

“Due to some unavoidable and unusual circumstances beyond control, our earlier scheduled Presidential Campaign Rally in Ekiti & Ondo for 15th and 16th December2023 are hereby POSTPONED. New date will be announced. We regret the inconveniences caused by this,” the post reads.

Peter Obi, standard bearer of the LP, is one of the leading candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election alongside Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).