Adebayo Adenrele
The Labour Party (LP) has given 48-hour ultimatum to its 2023 Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi to resign from the party after he formally joined the coalition of African Democratic Congress (ADC).
This was contained in a statement signed and made available to journalists by the Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh.
Recalled that Obi, was among the arrays of Nigerian Leaders who converged in Yar’adua Centre, Abuja on Wednesday, under the umbrella of ADC to unseat President Bola Tinubu.
The party described Obi as an opportunist, whose loyalty to Labour Party is now questionable.
The statement reads, “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 has refused to defect with him.
“Labour Party has consistently said it is not part of the coalition and therefore, any of our members who is 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 70 percent of 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 circle of power, people who are desperate to continue holding on to power.
“The new Nigeria of our dream can only be realized through Labour Party and the party is willing to lead Nigerians along that trajectory.
“I therefore urge all members of the party to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections”.
