A former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said he is surprised that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had yet to respond three weeks after a massive flooding hit Bayelsa State. Obi said flying into the state in a chopper gave him a better aerial view of the situation and that the state needed urgent help.
October 22, 2022Obi said flying into the state in a chopper gave him a better aerial view of the situation and that the state needed urgent help.
The LP candidate spoke on Saturday in Yenagoa, the state capital, when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House before they both visited internally displaced persons at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion camp in Yenagoa. Obi said, “There is no way anyone will be happy with the situation in Bayelsa. My appeal is for the federal government to send a strong team to come see what is happening here.
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