LP crisis: LP factional chairman says Peter Obi unfit lead Nigeria, dumps party
Callistus Okafor, a Labour Party (LP) factional chairman, announced his resignation from the party on Thursday, causing the internal crisis to take a sharp turn.
Okafor mentioned his dissatisfaction with Peter Obi, the party’s 2023 presidential contender, and ongoing leadership disputes.
Speaking during a press conference in Abuja, the LP factional chairman stated that the National Working Committee and National Executive Council of his group had deliberated the matter for a long time.
The LP factional chairman stated that he was departing with an estimated five million fans and that Team Wazobia Nigeria, a nonpartisan and socio-political movement, would be his new destination.
He said, “My team and I had carefully looked at what is happening in the Labour Party, including the crises that have been going on for seven years, and wondered how long it will continue,”
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“I hereby stand today to announce to Nigerians and all the Labour Party faithful who are under my own faction that we are pulling out today as a team,” he said.
“We are moving from the Labour Party to Team Wazobia Nigeria. This crisis has come to a point where it’s no longer healthy in the Labour Party.”
The LP factional chairman said that Obi’s inaction raised doubts about his ability to manage a nation like Nigeria and faulted him for not resolving the ongoing leadership crisis.
“When His Excellency Peter Obi joined us in 2022, what did he do? He supported Abure, who has become his archenemy today.
“This is the time for reality. So, if he can’t govern the Labour Party, for me, he can’t govern Nigeria. And that is why I have to leave,” he added.
