The Labour Party presidential candidate PeterObi, visited Onitsha Mosque on Sunday to celebrate Eid el-Fitri with Muslim community.
He explained that paying such visits should not only be borne out of political ambitions.
He said, “People who want to rest can go and rest. For me, I’m not resting. No serious leader will go and rest in Nigeria with the way things are today.
"We will continue to visit as many people as we can, and also support them in the best way we can."
Obi donated cartons of noodles, bags of rice and soft drinks to the Muslim community also promised to help them in rebuilding the mosque which was undergoing a facelift.
He said, “I thank you for inviting me to the mosque to celebrate with you. You wanted to come to my house instead, but I said it would be better for me to come and now that I have come, I have also seen that the mosque is undergoing reconstruction.
"I want to pledge here and now that I shall contribute to the work you have at hand, to ensure that you have a befitting place of worship.
"I am a Christian and you are Muslims, but we are all Nigerians, and Nigeria is one. It is only politics that divides us. But let me tell you, I have never seen any road that is built and it is only for Muslims to drive on.
"I have also not seen any market where Christians buy bread cheaper than Muslims. If you know such a market, please tell me, let me go and buy,” he said.
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