He urged them to sustain the tempo by voting all the candidates of the party in the Saturday March 18 state House of Assembly and governorship election across the states.
Obi, who made this calls when he paid a thank you visit to the state, moved from New Benin Market through Mission Road to Sapele Road before terminating the tour at Adesuwa Road, were he addressed a large crowd.
He urged the supporters to complete what they started on February 25 by voting en mass for Labour Party candidates in the March 18 election, adding that a movement which cannot be stopped has commenced.
He said,” I must urge the Labour Party supporters not to be discouraged by the outcome of the presidential election.
“Nigeria must not be allowed to remain the way it is. There must be a paradigm shift from the present state to a better and a prosperous Nigeria.
“We have begun thejourney of a new Nigeria. The movement is real and nobody can stop it. We will not allow Nigeria to remain the way it is. We will continue to vote for the Labour party,” Obi said.
He said a retreat would be organised for all victorious candidates of the Labour Party to teach them what to do in the quest to change the political narratives of the country.
The national chairman of the party, Julius Abure said the candidates of the party for the House of Assembly election in Edo State have not stepped down for anyone and that no Labour Party candidate is being sponsored by any other party.
He appealed to the residents of the state to come out en mass to vote for candidates of the party in the March 18 election to secure victory for the party.
Earlier, the state chairman of the party, Kelly Agbaloi, thanked the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi and the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure for visiting the state adding that their presence have further given a boost to all the Obidients supporters in the state.
