Labour party warns Peter Obi to ignore invitation to rejoin PDP

Dr. Ayo Olorunfemi, the Labour Party’s Deputy National Chairman, has urged the 2023 LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi to disregard any pressure to leave the party before the general election in 2027.

Olorunfemi, the LP’s candidate for the 2024 Ondo gubernatorial election, told news men in Lagos on Sunday that Obi needs to put more effort into reviving the party.

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Although he was legally free to join any political party, Olorunfemi warned that he should be cautious of what he described as dangerous advances.

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,

“It will tell whether he truly believed in the ideology of the Labour Party before coming to run, or 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 the PDP or another party.

“He (Obi) must use his tongue to count his teeth. If I were he, what I would be doing now is working to restore peace in the Labour Party and rebuild it

“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.”

Olorunfemi noted that Peter Obi might end the LP crisis and that some candidates abandoned their plans in 2022 so that Obi could run for president under the LP platform.

However, he stated that the LP would remain a powerful opposition group even if Obi chose to leave it.

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Speaking on the party’s leadership dispute, Olorunfemi claimed that Obi and others opposing it had never been mistreated by the LP National Working Committee, which was led by Mr. Julius Abure.