•Says desperate men can’t birth new Nigeria
The Labour Party (LP) has given its former presidential candidate, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, a 48-hour ultimatum to formally tender his resignation of the Labour Party or face expulsion.
Labour Party, while reiterating its disinterestedness in joining the coalition, said that the members of the coalition were power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.
It could be recalled that Mr Peter Obi on Wednesday, July 2, joined the likes of Santor David Mark, Rauf Aregbasola, Niser El-Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi, among others in staging a coalition to take over power in 2027.
The LP however warned Nigerians that the often mouthed “‘new Nigeria is Possible’, is a ruse and cannot be achieved with the assemblage of old, recycled, desperate and frustrated politicians in the coalition.”
In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, the party says that all those who mismanaged Nigeria over the years, were the ones that gathered themselves in a desperate coalition to fend for themselves, not Nigeria.
The statement reads in parts, “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 48 hours to formally resign his membership of the party.
“The Labour Party is not available for people with dual agendas, 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.
“The party therefore urge all its members to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections.”
