The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on his counterparts in other parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help victims of floods across the country.
Obi made the call on Wednesday while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State in Abuja.
Obi said his visit was to discuss modalities on his planned visit to flood sites in Benue and other states.
He said Nigeria is greater than everyone, irrespective of political differences, adding that he has suspended his campaign activities to visit victims affected by flood.
“Nigeria is greater than all of us and we must work hard, irrespective of our political differences, to ensure that we build a better Nigeria for our children,” Obi said.
” I came because of this flood issue. As you can see today, flood is ravaging the entire country and people are dying; people are being displaced.
“I personally stopped and told my people no more campaign until we are able to visit some of the sites, at least sympathise with those who are going through problems.
“And I came to take his (Ortom’s) permission to ask him that I want to visit some of the sites in Benue and that I’m going to do in one or two other states.
“I’m also calling on other presidential candidates to stop; let’s see what we can do.
Floods have hit parts of Nigeria in the last two months with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) saying that about 2.5 million persons were affected and over 603 persons killed by the flooding caused by torrential rainfall of late.
Houses and farmlands have been submerged in Lagos, Yobe, Borno, Taraba, Adamawa, Edo, Delta, Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Benue, Ebonyi, Anambra, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Imo, Abia States, and the Federal Capital Territory.
