Casting Votes Not Enough, Protect Them – Otti

The Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has urged Labour Party (LP) candidates and supporters in Imo State to accentuate grassroots mobilisation and defend their votes forward of the forthcoming elections.

Otti gave the cost on Wednesday, throughout the official flag-off of the Labour Party’s election marketing campaign in Imo State, held at All Saints Cathedral Church Field, Egbu, Owerri.

The governor expressed confidence within the occasion’s possibilities on the polls, insisting that victory was achievable if candidates and supporters remained united, dedicated and strategic of their mobilisation efforts.

In an announcement issued after the occasion by his Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Njoku, Otti congratulated the occasion’s candidates and members for reaching the marketing campaign stage, urging them to stay targeted on securing electoral victory.

“On behalf of the party, I want to pray that it is well with all of you. I therefore give you the charge to go out there and win, because victory is certain,” Otti mentioned.

He warned that successful elections required greater than casting ballots, stressing the significance of making certain that votes had been protected.

“You have only one vote. Only one. So, it is not enough to cast it, you need to protect it,” he acknowledged.

The governor additionally cautioned occasion supporters towards turning the marketing campaign right into a comparability of the performances of state governors, noting that completely different states had peculiar challenges.

He defined that the Imo governorship place was not being contested within the election and disclosed that the incumbent governor was his shut pal.

Otti mentioned his administration’s precedence in Abia remained addressing the challenges inherited upon assuming workplace slightly than competing with different governors.

At the occasion, the Labour Party’s National Chairman, Nenadi Usman, represented by the Deputy National Chairman, Salisu Muhammed, formally offered occasion flags to candidates contesting for the Imo East Senatorial District seat and different National and State Assembly positions.

Muhammed urged the candidates to hold the occasion’s flags with pleasure, expressing confidence of their possibilities of rising victorious.

The occasion management additionally counseled Otti for what it described as his demonstration of management by means of his administration’s supply of excellent governance in Abia State.

The National Chairman urged voters in Imo East Senatorial District to help the occasion’s candidates within the forthcoming elections.

Similarly, the occasion’s National Secretary, Acho Obioma; National Organising Secretary, Oluchi Opara; National Woman Leader,Hilda Dokubo; and National Youth Leader, Collins Okpara, praised Otti’s management and efficiency in Abia.

They known as on voters throughout Imo East and different constituencies to help Labour Party candidates, expressing optimism that the occasion may replicate Abia’s developmental strides in Imo State if given the mandate.

The Labour Party’s Imo East Senatorial candidate, Basil Maduka, thanked Otti for attending the marketing campaign flag-off and figuring out with the occasion’s candidates.

Maduka appealed to voters throughout the senatorial district to help his ambition, promising to ship on his mandate if elected.

Earlier, the Imo State Labour Party Chairman, Nelson Ezerioha, welcomed the occasion’s nationwide officers, members and supporters drawn from completely different elements of the state.

He described the marketing campaign flag-off as a big milestone for the occasion and launched its senatorial and House of Representatives candidates throughout the varied constituencies.

Ezerioha urged occasion members to accentuate grassroots mobilisation and supply the candidates with the required help forward of the elections.

The formal presentation of occasion flags to the candidates was the foremost spotlight of the occasion, signalling the occasion’s endorsement of its candidates for the forthcoming electoral contests.