The Labour Party, has given its former Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, a 48 hour ultimatum to formally resign his membership of the Party having formally joined the coalition party.
Mr Obi has joined coalition with Atiku Abubakar, Nasir El-Rufai, David Mark, Rotimi Amaechi, Rauf Aregbesola and others to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 Election.
Yesterday, the coalition members formally adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 Nigeria General Elections with Distinguished Senator David Mark serving as the National Chairman and H.E. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola serving as the National Secretary.
Obi explained that the commitment was to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 General Elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first.
According to him, “the decision was not made lightly. It comes from deep reflection on where we are as a country and what must be done to move forward.”
In a swift reaction, the Labour Party said his move was fuelled by desperation, declaring that desperate politicians can’t birth a new Nigeria.
While reiterating its disinterestedness in joining the coalition, the party said that the members of the coalition are power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.
It warned Nigerians that the often mouthed ‘new Nigeria is Possible’ was a ruse and cannot be achieved with the assemblage of old, recycled, desperate and frustrated politicians in the coalition.
In a statement on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party ,Obiora Ifoh, the party says that all those who mismanaged Nigeria over the years are the ones that gathered themselves in the coalition while noting that desperate politicians can’t birth new Nigeria.
“We are aware of several nocturnal meetings between Peter Obi and some of our members, lobbying them to join him in his new party. We’re also aware that a number of them have refused to defect with him.
“Labour Party has consistently said it is not part of the coalition and therefore, any of our members who are part of the coalition is given within 48 hours to formally resign his membership of the party.
“Labour Party is not available for people with dual agenda, people with deceptive persona. The party will not avail itself to individuals who have one leg in one Party and another leg elsewhere. People that in the morning, they will claim to be in the Labour Party and in the evening they are in coalition.
“Nearly 70percent of the Nigerian population are youths who are tired of the old order, tired of gerontocrats deciding their fate. The new Nigeria that the youths are dreaming of, is not what can be realized from what we are seeing in the coalition.
“These people are opportunistic politicians who are only interested in relaunching themselves into a circle of power, people who are desperate to continue holding on to power.
“The new Nigeria of our dreams can only be realized through the Labour Party and the party is willing to lead Nigerians along that trajectory,” the party said.
It therefore urged all members of the party to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections.
