Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Monday mocked supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi, over a planned two-million-man march for their candidate in Kaduna.
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As a way of showing their strength ahead of the 2023 general election, supporters of Obi popularly identified as ‘Obidients’ have been holding marches in state capitals.
The marches held in Nasarawa and Cross River States where the ‘Obidients’ canvased support for Obi.
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One of the supporters of the former Anambra Governor, one Abdullahi Umar Zarma, had tweeted “Kaduna Two Million March for Peter Obi”.
But El-Rufai, in his response to the tweet, said he hopes the Obi supporters are able to gather 200 people on the streets of Kaduna for the march.
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El-Rufai, who is one of the outspoken All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors, said Obi’s supporters can only get two million to march for their candidate if they import people into the state or they march on Twitter.
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El-Rufai tweeted: “In Kaduna? Not Kaduna Twitter? I hope you get Two Hundred persons on the streets, including those ‘imports’ that can’t open their shops on Mondays, and came on an overnight bus last night!! I just dey laff, wallahi tallahi!!”
The Governor, in another tweet, reacted to one of the Peter Obi supporters who reported the Governor to twitter for sanction.