•••Urges Them To Pray For His Victory Do They Could Return Home
•••Obi Can Change the Fortune of Nigeria – Ortom
By Kamsi Anayo
True to his promise, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in the 2023 elections spent all the Christmas day with the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in solidarity and promise to end their sufferings if he eventually clinched Nigeria’s number one job.
Obi visited the Abagana camp in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Sunday to celebrate the 2022 Christmas Day with the IDPS.
The LP Candidate sympathized with the displaced persons who had spent five years of prolonged displacement by suspected herdsmen.
Obi, encouraged them to be patient and look to God for intervention.
He noted that he shared in their pains and losses, hence his decision to join them on a day like Christmas when many families share love.
Obi, who also challenged the Federal Government on Twitter to resettle the IDPs so that they would move on with their lives.
“Spent my Christmas day visiting displaced Nigerians in IDP Camps in Benue State. They were forced to abandon their homes due to the pervasive insecurity.
“It is disconcerting that the government is failing in its responsibility to protect her citizens. This must change.” He said
Earlier, Governor Samuel Ortom, who received Obi at the Government House, said many presidential candidates have visited Benue but had no empathy to visit the over eight IDP camps to share in their pain.
Ortom said a man like Obi, if trusted with the mandate of Nigerians in 2023, will change the fortunes of the nation.
After the address, Obi headed to the Abagana IDP camp to celebrate Christmas with IDPs who have been living there since 2018.
Some of the IDPs shared their joy and demanded for their immediate resettlement.
Addressing the IDPs, Obi appealed to the Federal Government to resettle the IDPs and said the next government will not tolerate her citizens living in IDP camps.
