74-year-old retired colonel places curse on Peter Obi, Labour Party

The retired Colonel Chinyere Obi said nobody from the Labour Party visited her

A 74-retired colonel, Chinyere Obi, has cursed Peter Obi and the Labour Party for allegedly neglecting her after sustaining a gunshot wound because of her commitment to the party’s activities in Imo state.

Obi, a card-carrying Labour Party member, cursed the party and its 2023 presidential candidate while speaking to journalists, including a Legit.ng reporter in Abuja on Thursday, July 6.

She said: “I had to sell my Honda Pilot Jeep for N1.5 million in June to be able to treat the gunshot wound.

“At my age, 74, I am selling my things to heal completely."

She noted that she was a retired colonel with her pension and entitlements who did not seek or ask for financial help from the Labour Party presidential candidate.

The 74-year-old said she was vexed that not even a single person from the party came to check up on her at the hospital while treating the gunshot wounds and undergoing recovery routines.

She said: "As a retired colonel, I have my pension and entitlements. I wasn't even asking for money my anger is that nobody reached out not even on single person came to the hospital at the FMC.

"I fought and campaigned for Obi for the youths and so that Nigeria can change. I have no need for anything, I am a British citizen and my children are all British citizens. I have nothing to loose or gain, I spent N5 million buying rice and a visiting people, women across the country."

Madam Obi said the problem started when she tried to protect a Labour Party’s polling unit agent in her hometown, Ideato South Local Government Area in Imo state. She noted that some unidentified political thugs had invaded the voting area during the election threatening the PU agent when she tried to intervene.

She said: “The next I heard was pooh-pooh! It was gunshots on my leg. I am diabetic, this could have led to the amputation of my leg but nobody from Labour Party, not Aburi (referring to LP’s national chairman) or even Peter Obi sent a word or visited.

“It was only two people who sent me from the Labour party.

"I regret, I curse the day I entered the Labour party. I was in PDP, and when Obi joined Labour Party, I followed him."

However, she urged President Bola Tinubu to intensify efforts to end insecurity in Nigeria, especially in the southeast region.