Edo election: Peter Obi meets Labour Celebration candidate, Olumide Akpata [PHOTOS]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Celebration within the 2023 election, has met with the occasion’s governorship candidate in Edo Issue, Olumide Akpata.

In a tweet on Thursday evening, Obi described the meeting as productive and fruitful.

He wished Akpata properly in his quest to succeed Godwin Obaseko because the next governor of Edo Issue.

He wrote: “The day prior to this, I met with my pricey youthful brother and gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Celebration in Edo Issue, @OlumideAkpata, and had very productive and fruitful discussions. I desire him properly, as we live united in our efforts to manufacture the Clean Nigeria. -PO”

Obi’s meeting with Akpata is coming amid rumours that the ragged Anambra governor had dumped the LP governorship candidate.

Recall that a famed member of the Obidient Circulation in Edo Issue, Lucky Obiyan, now not too long ago announced that the group would now not be supporting Akpata within the coming near election.

His words: “The Labour Celebration in Edo Issue has to this point demonstrated every contradictory affiliation to what Obidients think in, and that’s the reason now we favor to urgently expose the individuals that they shouldn’t be misled.

“We occupy come to relate the Edo individuals and the Edos in diaspora that the Obidient Circulation washes its palms adore Pontius Pilate within the Bible brilliant from Edo Labour Celebration and its candidate Olumide Akpata!”

The group furthermore met to negate a statement pledging loyalty to Peter Obi; but furthermore condemned the failure of the Labour Celebration to space itself as a authentic different to the PDP and the APC at their Edo Primaries.