Thousands of Port Harcourt residents defied a heavy downpour for hours on Saturday to stage a two-million-man march in support of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi.
Participants, mostly youths, began congregating at Oil Mill Junction in the Rumukurusi axis of the Aba-Port Harcourt Road take-off point for the march in Port Harcourt at 9:00 a.m.
Members of civil society organisations (CSOs) and entertainers also took part in the four-hour-long march.
Armed with Nigerian flags as well as different sizes of banners of Obi and the LP, the participants marched through the ever-busy Aba-Port Harcourt Road in Port Harcourt, thereby causing heavy traffic gridlock on the road.
The procession finally ended at the Isaac Boro Park, Mile One, Port Harcourt, where the participants sang and danced for several hours before they were addressed by their leaders, who encouraged them to arm themselves with their permanent voter cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 elections.
It was observed that all the major roads leading to the Isaac Boro Park were cordoned-off by men and officers of the Rivers State Police Command, in an apparent effort to ensure adequate security.
