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I’VENO PLAN TO DUMP LABOUR PARTY – PETER OBI, SAYS HE’S INTERESTED IN NIGERIA’S SUCCESS
Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has denied that he was planning to leave the party.
A former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, had said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party and join a former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Bwala, who made the allegation in a post on his X handle, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in the party with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to take over the party.
Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, joined the Labour Party in May 2023 in the buildup to the 2023 general elections following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Obi was absent at the party’s national convention during which Julius Abure was re-elected as the party’s national chairman.
During an X Space session, Obi said that he didn’t attend the event because the party’s leadership failed to heed his appeal for wider consultation with relevant stakeholders before the exercise.
He was reacting to media reports following his grouse with the leadership crisis and speculations that he might defect before the 2027 election.
After donating a borehole to a ram market in Tike Pantami, on Sunday, Obi denied the allegation, saying, “No, there is no such thing.”
The former Anambra governor urged the people to unite, saying he believed in peace.
“Our concentration should be on peace and I believe that we will resolve all situations,” he said.
Reacting to reports that he and former Kaduna governor, Nasir E-Rufai would soon be joining the Social Democratic Party, Obi said he was “more interested now in Nigeria’s success today than tomorrow”.
He said, “We are always concentrating on the election rather than what Nigerians are going through. My commitment is about Nigerians living in a better society and given a better life.”
Regarding the recent hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers, Obi called for the provision of remedy, especially in poor areas.
He noted that “everywhere in the world those living in Band A areas pay more while those in rural areas are subsidised”.
Meanwhile, Peter Obi, has said that he is more interested in Nigeria’s success today than in the future.
This follows speculations on social media that he was looking to make former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, his running mate in the 2027 polls.
But Obi, while speaking with journalists in Gombe State shortly after donating a borehole to the ram market in Tike Pantami on Sunday, insisted he was not looking far ahead.
When asked about a possible collaboration with El-Rufai, he said: “Well, I’m more interested now in Nigeria’s success today than tomorrow.
“We are always concentrating on the election rather than what Nigerians are going through.
“My commitment is about Nigerians living in a better society, given a better life, and that’s my concern.”
There have been several reactions from social media users after a large crowd welcomed the former governor of Anambra state and candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Gregory Obi in Bauchi state.
In the video that was shared on the official X handle of Dr. Moses Paul, one of the team members who followed Obi to the state, the residents were seen expressing joy after seeing him.
In the post that Dr. Moses Paul made on his page, he said after Peter Obi installed a borehole in the Sabon Layi area of Bauchi state, he also extended aid to approximately 100 individuals.
He wrote on his page;
“After the events in Gombe, our journey led us to Sabon Layi, situated along the Kano road in Turu, Bauchi State. In this community, Peter Obi once again demonstrated his commitment to positive change by overseeing the installation and commissioning of a borehole.
Additionally, he extended aid to approximately 100 individuals, aiming to alleviate economic hardship in his characteristic compassionate manner”.
However, after the post surfaced online, there were several reactions from social media users.
