Moment Peter Obi, NDC supporters dump new anthem, sing previous one at Lagos city corridor [VIDEO]

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, and his supporters sang the previous nationwide anthem at a city corridor assembly in Lagos on Thursday, after they refused to sing the brand new one.

A video from the assembly, which has now gone viral on social media, confirmed the second the anchor requested everyone to face up for the nationwide anthem.

Obi, who was sitting in entrance with Funso Doherty, the governorship candidate of the NDC in Lagos, and different celebration leaders, didn’t be part of within the new anthem.

Obi turned to face the group as they sang. He raised two fingers on each palms to kind the signal of the NDC.

The city corridor assembly had earlier turned rowdy after some thugs stormed the venue with cutlasses, sticks and stones. Many individuals within the corridor ran for security earlier than safety males restored calm and the programme continued.

Obi is not any stranger to Lagos politics. In the 2023 presidential election, he defeated the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, a state many individuals see as the house base of the ruling celebration.

He polled 582,354 votes in Lagos on the time. He contested that election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP.

President Bola Tinubu had on May 29, 2024, signed a invoice that introduced again the anthem titled ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’.

That was the primary nationwide anthem of Nigeria. It was used from independence in 1960 till 1978.

In 1978, it was dropped for ‘Arise, O Compatriots’, which was used for 46 years earlier than Tinubu introduced again the primary one.

It was the ‘Arise, O Compatriots’ anthem that Obi and his supporters sang in Lagos on Thursday.

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