Retired Army officer, Colonel Chinyere Obi, has lamented her decision to join the Labour Party before the 2023 elections.
According to her, she was abandoned by the party after an election-related incident in which she reportedly sustained a gunshot wound.
The retired officer revealed that she sold off her property and pumped the money into supporting the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
According to her, she made a lot of sacrifices during the electioneering period but said she was abandoned after the attack while defending the Labour Party at my polling unit.
Her words:
“I was in my village in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State to participate in the election. On the day of the House of Assembly election, I went to cast my vote at my polling unit, Ward 1.
“Somehow, I noticed that something was wrong; when anyone wanted to vote for the Labour Party, one of the INEC officials on the ground would take his hand and ensure that the person voted for the APC.
“So, I told them to allow people to vote freely. Later, some thugs started beating the LP agent there, and I intervened. A guy then approached me and said they had been observing me in the community.
“He said they saw how I gave rice to people and that I was busy promoting the LP. I didn’t know when he brought out a gun from his bag and shot at my leg. When I recovered, I went to the police station.”
She stated that she sold all my property to campaign for Peter Obi.
“I know if it was Tinubu, I would not be suffering like this. He would have sent for me.
“I challenge them; nobody in the LP did up to what I did for Obi. Not even the National Chairman, Julius Abure.
“I was busy borrowing money and selling some of my properties, but all he (Abure) was doing was collecting money,” she stated.
The retired military personnel also claimed she sent messages to all the Labour Party leaders that she was dying in the hospital, but none of them visited her.
“They couldn’t send anyone to check on me. If I knew, I would have followed the APC, and I wouldn’t suffer like this.
“I regret joining the Labour Party. I suffered; I drank garri without groundnut despite being a diabetic patient,” she added.
