The leadership of Labour Party (LP) has advised its Presidential Candidate in the 2023 poll to ignore all calls or temptation to dump the party ahead of the 2027 general election and rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Penpushing reports that Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Ayo Olorunfemi who was also the Ondo State Governorship Candidate of the party in 2024 Governorship election, stressing that it is better for him (Obi) be focus on rebuilding the party.
The party leader, however said though Obi was at liberty under the law to associate with any political party of his choice, but emphasized that he needed to be wary of what he called dangerous advances.
“It will tell whether he truly believed in the ideology of the Labour Party before coming to run, or if he just wanted to use the opportunity of the platform. So, it will now be left for Nigerians to decide whether Obi, who got millions of votes under the Labour Party, can still be voted for under PDP or another party’, he said.
“Now that he has contested and he has seen the LP force, if he decides to go to another political party, it will then speak volumes of his intention. “He (Obi) must use his tongue to count his teeth. If I were him, what I would be doing now is working to restore peace in Labour Party and rebuild it’, Olorunfemi said
“He should find a way to resolve the issues in the party and remain on the platform. He should remain in the party and restore peace. He should stay and resolve the crises he and others created in LP. Moving around will portray him as an opportunistic politician not different from these politicians jumping here and there,” he added.
Penpushing further reports that Olorunfemi pointed out that Obi had the capacity to resolve the crisis in the Labour Party, explaining that some aspirants shelved their ambitions in 2022 to allow Obi to use the Labour Party (LP) platform to run for president.
The Deputy National Chairman, however, stated that if Obi decided to dump the Labour Party (LP), the party would continue to exist as a strong opposition party, and speaking on the leadership crisis in the party, Olorunfemi said that the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party never wronged Obi and others fighting against it.
Penpushing also reports that he explained that members of the National Working Committee (NWC), including himself, risked their lives and endured vitriolic attacks from different groups and persons for supporting Obi’s presidential ambition in the last election.
“What is the offence of Abure? He stood in the sun, stood in the rain. All of us in the NWC stood by him (Obi). In spite of all the attacks, we stood by him. My own people, in the course of fighting for him (Obi), called me names for fighting for someone not from my tribe. LP is blind to ethnicity and I supported him because I believe in politics devoid of ethnic sentiment.
‘There is bound to be crisis. People will come with different things in mind, but we have to moderate everything like we are doing now in LP. Everything we are doing in the Labour Party is in line with our constitution. That is our strength’.
“Anybody who wants to challenge the authority of the NWC should challenge it to the constitution. They should show us the aspect of the constitution that has been violated. If they confront us with the facts, then we will agree with them’, he said.
Penpushing reports that it is recalled that a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had during television interview called on Obi return to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his former party.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was a former Governorship aspirant in Ogun State expressed optimism that the return of Obi would brighten the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2027.
Penpushing further reports that Showunmi was of the view that Obi, who left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2023 presidential election, owes much of his national political recognition to his time at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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