The supporters of presidential candidate for Labour Party (LP) and former Anambra state Governor Peter Obi, defied early morning rain on Saturday to hold rally in different part of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.
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The rally tagged ‘4-million-man Walk for Peter Obi’ was simultaneously held in various areas of Lagos state, including Lekki, Ikeja, Surulere, Ajegunle and Festac, with thousands of Obi supporters, popularly known as ‘OBIdients’ marching through major roads and it caused traffic gridlock in areas where it was held. Motorists were left with the hard choice of finding alternative routes out of the traffic congestion.
The Lagos Police Command had earlier deployed their men to beefed up security at the at the Lekki Toll gate where a Federal High Court had barred Obi’s supporters from converging to prevent a breakdown of law and order.
Despite the court order and heavy presence of men of the Nigerian Police, some supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate stormed the Lekki Toll Gate for the rally. This created traffic gridlock at the ever busy toll plaza.
At Ikeja supporters kicked off from the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church while the Festac rally took off from the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) at 2nd Avenue on 23 Road.
From National Stadium, Surulere to Lekki, and from Ikeja to Festac area of Lagos, many of the supporters on Saturday morning were seen holding the posters of the LP candidate and his runningmate. They wore branded vests as they marched along major roads. The rally caused both human and vehicular traffic around the Stadium axis, from Alaka and Teslim Balogun Stadium, down to Ojuelegba.
Speaking with a commercial bus driver in Lekki, who asked all his passengers to get another bus, he said, “Obidient people are campaigning at the toll gate, I have been in this traffic for too long, I’m going to turn back at Jakande roundabout. I wouldn’t be heading to Lekki Phase 1 again.”
The supporters of presidential candidate for Labour Party (LP) and former Anambra state Governor Peter Obi, defied early morning rain on Saturday to hold rally in different part of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.
The rally tagged ‘4-million-man Walk for Peter Obi’ was simultaneously held in various areas of Lagos state, including Lekki, Ikeja, Surulere, Ajegunle and Festac, with thousands of Obi supporters, popularly known as ‘OBIdients’ marching through major roads and it caused traffic gridlock in areas where it was held. Motorists were left with the hard choice of finding alternative routes out of the traffic congestion.
The Lagos Police Command had earlier deployed their men to beefed up security at the at the Lekki Toll gate where a Federal High Court had barred Obi’s supporters from converging to prevent a breakdown of law and order.
Despite the court order and heavy presence of men of the Nigerian Police, some supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate stormed the Lekki Toll Gate for the rally. This created traffic gridlock at the ever busy toll plaza.
At Ikeja supporters kicked off from the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church while the Festac rally took off from the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) at 2nd Avenue on 23 Road.
From National Stadium, Surulere to Lekki, and from Ikeja to Festac area of Lagos, many of the supporters on Saturday morning were seen holding the posters of the LP candidate and his runningmate. They wore branded vests as they marched along major roads. The rally caused both human and vehicular traffic around the Stadium axis, from Alaka and Teslim Balogun Stadium, down to Ojuelegba.
Speaking with a commercial bus driver in Lekki, who asked all his passengers to get another bus, he said, “Obidient people are campaigning at the toll gate, I have been in this traffic for too long, I’m going to turn back at Jakande roundabout. I wouldn’t be heading to Lekki Phase 1 again.”
