2027 elections: Former governor Egwu, NDC candidates mobilise Ebonyi voters for Peter Obi

Former governor of Ebonyi state, Senator Sam Egwu, and two senatorial candidates of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Bernard Odoh and Chief Linus Okorie, have vowed to mobilise large assist for the occasion’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and shield his votes within the 2027 basic election.

The trio made the pledge on Thursday at a city corridor assembly attended by Obi in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, the place they expressed confidence within the occasion’s probabilities of profitable the state.

Egwu, a former Minister of Education and former senator representing Ebonyi North, described Obi as a reputable presidential candidate with a confirmed monitor document, declaring that the turnout on the assembly mirrored the rising acceptance of the NDC within the state.

“Your Excellency, our incoming President, Ebonyi state is NDC and NDC is Ebonyi. Forget what any other person is telling you. You have seen it with your eyes today,” he mentioned.

The former governor expressed optimism that Obi’s presidential ambition would usher within the new Nigeria Nigerians had lengthy desired, including that he believed the candidate’s emergence was divinely ordained.

“I want to believe that the new Nigeria we have been looking for is here with us. It is not by man’s effort; it is God that has destined it that way, and no power, no force can stop it,” Egwu mentioned.

He urged occasion supporters to translate their enthusiasm into votes on election day and stay at their polling items to observe the method till the outcomes have been introduced.

“We will deliver that day. We will vote for Obi, stay and announce the results. After announcing the results, we shall follow to the various centres until the result is announced,” he added.

Also talking, Odoh, the NDC senatorial candidate for Ebonyi Central and chairman of the city corridor assembly’s planning committee, pledged that occasion members would stand agency to guard their votes and be certain that the folks’s mandate was revered.

“We will all vote for our dear presidential candidate, His Excellency, Peter Obi. We will follow the result to wherever it is going until it is declared,” Odoh vowed.

In his remarks, Okorie, the occasion’s senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, described Obi as a succesful chief who may rescue Nigeria from its current challenges.

He assured the presidential candidate that the NDC would mobilise its members and supporters throughout Ebonyi state to ship victory for him within the 2027 basic election.