The senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh has said that those wooing the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi to dump the party in 2007, are on a wild goose chase.
Umeh stated this at an extended stakeholders’ meeting of the
Labour Party in Umuahia on Thursday,
According to him, Obi got much momentum in the 2023 polls
because of the platform the Labour Party provided for him, stressing that it
would not be courteous for him to just abandon the party.
He was speaking on the heels of speculations that Obi is under pressure to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he might be given the ticket to contest against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with the full backing of PDP forces.
However, Senator Umeh said Obi would rather build and make
LP more formidable ahead of 2027 than dump it.
He said, “Wooing Peter Obi out of the Labour Party will not
be the right thing because LP gave him the limelight with which Nigerian people
embraced him in the last election.
“So, whatever is happening is for him to build on the party
and continue to make efforts to advance his interest. Those who are calling on
him to abandon the Labour Party may be on a wild goose chase.”
The LP chieftain and former national Chairman of the All
Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, commended Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia
State for their bold steps towards repositioning Labour Party by convening the
Umuahia stakeholders meeting which made far-reaching decisions in the interest of
the party.
“We are happy that issues affecting the party have been
addressed. No organization would like to operate with a leadership that is a
suspect or not recognized.
“We were concerned about how our last National Working
Committee, NWC, was not recognized by INEC, and that was why we came to correct
things. It was obvious that its tenure had elapsed, so, it will be foolhardy
for us to continue with them because you cannot build on a faculty foundation.
“So, we thank Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti for what they
have done. Their courage to convene the stakeholders’ meeting has saved our
great party,” he added.
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