Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), alongside Lasun Yusuff, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the oncoming Osun poll, on Wednesday in Osun described the comment made by Tinubu against their party as nothing less than derogatory.
Obi who was in Osogbo, the Osun state capital for the mega rally to support the candidature of Lasun Yusuff had said to the congregated party supporters.
“I listened to our chairman when he said that somebody said ‘they can labour till death’. “When they show you hatred, Labour Party will show them love. There is dignity in labour.”
Recall that the former Lagos State governor had, while speaking during the APC mega governorship rally in Osogbo, dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the LP are mushroom parties. He had said that members of the LP would “labour till death”. a comment that has generated mixed reactions on the part of Nigerian.
“I ask you to please do the same thing you did in Ekiti. Come out with your PVCs and vote massively for APC.
“The voting is now in your hand. Be very vigilant. Be watchful. You will not do it in vain.
“Think about your children and vote accordingly so you can see the future. Come out en masse. Don’t mind PDP and other mushroom parties — parties like Labour; they will labour till they die. God will not make you labourers. Tinubu had further stated.
Meanwhile, while addressing the Labour Party supporters at the rally, Yusuff said the comment about the Labour Party by the APC leader was inconsistent with the attributes of a virtuous Yoruba man.
He however promised to surprise those who are of the opinion that he wouldn’t get any vote at the elections, and urged party members to work hard to ensure their success at the poll.
“He came back yesterday and said we should go and labour till death. That is not an attribute of a virtuous Yoruba person. I described them as people with anonymous background, we don’t know them, their life is anonymous,” Yusuff stated that he will win the forthcoming election.”
