LP: Obi billed to spend Christmas in Kogi IDP camps

Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has announced that he will be spending Christmas with the less privileged people at the Internally Displaced Persons’(IDP) camps in Ibaji and Idah, the ancestral headquarters of Igalaland.

Obi is expected to join other Catholic faithful from Kogi State for the celebration which will be the first of its kind by any politician in the state.

The information was contained in a statement issued on Friday,December 24th, by the Kogi State Chairman of the party, Ahmed Mohammed, and made available to newsmen in Lokoja by the state publicity secretary, Idakwo Emmanuel, where it was revealed that Obi is doing this in the spirit of celebrating Christmas with the less privileged.

The statement reads “In the spirit of the joyful season, His  Excellency, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, will be celebrating Christmas day, December 25 with less privileged living in the IDP camps around Idah and Ibaji areas.

“The Parishioners of St Boniface Catholic Cathedral, Sabongari and all Christian faithful at Idah, Kogi State, will join the celebration.

“We encourage all patriots that are set out to rescue our dear country to stay motivated as we work together towards achieving a new Nigeria that our unborn children will be proud of,”it concluded.