{"id":1214747,"date":"2022-10-01T17:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T17:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/01\/obidients-defy-police-order-as-they-rally-at-lekki\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T17:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T17:38:25","slug":"obidients-defy-police-order-as-they-rally-at-lekki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/01\/obidients-defy-police-order-as-they-rally-at-lekki\/","title":{"rendered":"Obidients Defy Police Order As They Rally At Lekki"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Supporters of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, today grounded traffic activities in Lekki, as they defied police orders and campaigned at Lekki toll-gate.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Obidients\u2019 as they are popularly called, gathered on Saturday morning, October 1, at the toll-gate despite heavy police presence on the ground.<\/p>\n

They were seen in mass number as they marched at the Lekki-Epe Expressway, chanting \u2018Obi! Obidient!\u2019<\/p>\n

Sharing a video on Twitter, a tweep, @Nkemchor posted, \u201cThe police presence at Lekki did not stop youths from gathering. Very proud of this generation. If Lekki is your route join them.<\/p>\n

@eklepatience tweeted, \u201cAll we want is a genuine leader that\u2019s ready to serve Nigerians we\u2019re not asking for too much nah just give us Peter Obi. Festac Lagos is Obidient.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: <\/strong>#OBIDATTI23: Court Orders Supporters Not To Converge At Lekki Toll Gate<\/p>\n

According to tweeps, who shared images, the rally also seemed to be holding in other parts of Lagos, like Festac town, Surulere\u00a0 and the National Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Another tweep, @BensonIbeabuchi, tweeted, \u201c<\/span>Youths defy rainfall to come out in support of the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi at Lekki, Lagos on October 1, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gridlocks have now been recorded around the Lekki area as the Obidients continued their rally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On the Lekki-Epe Expressway, where traffic was nearly at a standstill, our correspondent observed private and commercial bus drivers seeking alternate routes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supporters of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, today grounded traffic activities in Lekki, as they defied police orders and campaigned at Lekki toll-gate. The \u2018Obidients\u2019 as they are popularly called, gathered on Saturday morning, October 1, at the toll-gate despite heavy police presence on the ground. They were seen in mass number as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1214748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}