{"id":102995,"date":"2023-02-05T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102995"},"modified":"2023-02-05T18:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:26:41","slug":"fuel-naira-notes-protest-stalls-obis-appearance-in-ibadan-parley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fuel-naira-notes-protest-stalls-obis-appearance-in-ibadan-parley\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel\/Naira notes protest stalls Obi\u2019s appearance in Ibadan parley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The protest about scarcity of fuel and new naira notes rocking some parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday stalled the appearance of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate at a forum.<\/p>\n<p>The LP&#8217;s presidential candidate, Obi was billed to attend a presidential parley organised by the South-West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF) at Jogor Events Centre in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There were however, pockets of protests by some aggrieved youths across the city over non-availability of the new naira notes and fuel, which led to loss of lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>Many supporters of Obi, who had thronged venue of the forum since 8.00 a.m, went home disappointed, having sat for hours without seeing the presidential candidate due to security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, whose chopper reportedly landed at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan in the afternoon, was prevented from featuring in the programme by his campaign Director-General, Mr Akin Osuntokun, for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting, Mr Adedayo Alao, the forum Chairman and Publisher of Alaroye Weekly Magazine, later dispersed Obi\u2019s supporters, assuring them that the parley would be reconvened on another date.<\/p>\n<p>Alao, however, decried the hardship which Nigerians were going through as a result of scarcity of fuel and new naira notes.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Obi\u2019s life was at risk due to possible hijack of the programme by unsuspecting elements.<\/p>\n<p>Alao urged concerned authorities to prevail on the situation and entrenched normalcy so as to enable the people to go about their lawful activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that the platform was for the South-West people to hear directly from the candidates on how they intend to address issues of insecurity and the worsening quality of life in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The parley aims at promoting the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), a non-partisan blueprint jointly prepared by the six states in the geopolitical zone.<\/p>\n<p>It is for the region\u2019s security and socioeconomic development.<\/p>\n<p>It also aims at championing the development plans of the South-West people and find common grounds among the presidential manifestoes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obi\u2019s attendance would have made it a total of six presidential candidates that had featured on the Presidential parley series since it started on Jan. 17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The protest about scarcity of fuel and new naira notes rocking some parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday stalled the appearance of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) Presidential&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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