Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, who represents Enugu East in the National Assembly, has once more warned his constituents against falling for the antics of Mr. Peter Obi's fans, sometimes known as "Obidients," who are Mr. Obi's party's presidential candidate.
He urged his supporters to resist the lure to back Obi based solely on emotions.
In order to revive hope and free the populace from poverty, Nnamani urged his supporters to stick by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its nominee Atiku Abubakar, and all other PDP candidates.
This was stated by the federal lawmaker in a statement he signed on Monday in Abuja.
Greek gifts from the Obidients canvassers should be avoided, according to Nnamani, as they would hurt the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) chances of electing state governors, senators, representatives, and members of the state house of assembly.
The Senator compared the Obidients movement to the tale of the tortoise that claimed to represent everyone and borrowed feathers from other animals in order to fly so it could attend a feast.
He said, “ That is exactly what they want. To borrow from every body and turn round to appropriate everything .
“Do not give them your feathers, let them Stay on the ground where they belong. Your feathers are the structures they need. Call their bluff.
“ Our party and platform is PDP. We must stand firm . We must not be swayed by the Obidient sentiments and vote Labour Party . If we blur the distinction , it will be difficult to reverse .
He further said, “ remember these Obidients advocates are noisy , loud , intolerant, proselytizers, condescending but less than 0.25 percent of over 200million Nigerian population. At least Osun state 2000 votes for Labour Party bears it out.
“ Why should we establish foundation and beech head for others. We cannot allow Obidients to inherit our labour in the PDP .
“In battle , do you give invaders your beech head to land and now seek to drive them away .
“We have to be on the alert because they are luring us into false sense of complacency using subterfuge.“
He explained that the boundaries are clear, so also the differences , “we are Ebeano and our political party is PDP, our symbol is umbrella not Labour Party.“