Abure led LP faction orders 48 hour deadline for Peter Obi to exit party
The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has issued stern 48- hour deadline to its 2023 presidential candisate, Peter Obi a 48-hour to leave the party following his annoucement that he had joined the coalition.
The deadline follows after the former LP candidate had earlier announced on Thursday that joining the coalition was not an easy decision for him to reach.
The faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, issued a statement announcing the 48-hour deadline in Abuja on Thursday that said as much.
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According to Ifoh, the Labour Party, led by Abure, is still adamantly opposed to joining the coalition, and coalition members are “power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.”
The party reminded Nigerians that the coalition’s collection of old, repurposed, desperate, and dissatisfied politicians cannot deliver on the much touted “new Nigeria is Possible” promise.
Ifoh speaking about the 48-hour deadline stated the party is very aware that all those who mismanaged Nigeria over the years are the ones that gathered themselves in the coalition adding that desperate politicians can’t birth new Nigeria.
In his words, “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.
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“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.
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“I therefore urge all members of the party to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections.”
Meanwhile, Peter Obi while declaring support for the coalition explained that it was not possible or a single party alone to change Nigeria hence the need for people to come together to pursue the goal.
“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,” he stated on X.
“Our commitment is 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.
“This 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.
“No one group can change Nigeria alone. To dismantle the structures that keep our people in poverty and insecurity, we must build bridges, not walls even when those bridges are uneasy…”
