The flagbearer of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, informed his supporters that he will not be dumping the party and that he will be running again on the platform in the 2027 election.
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State, disclosed the development while addressing some of his supporters in a viral video on Saturday, May 24.
When he was asked which party he would be running in the 2027 election, the presidential hopeful affirmed that: “I will continue to run in the Labour Party. I’m a member of the Labour Party.”
Obi, in his address, also alleged that the opposition political parties in Nigeria were orchestrated by the Nigerian government.
The former governor disclosed this while answering another question from a youth who was obviously disturbed by Obi’s silence on the crisis rocking the Labour Party.
Peter Obi insisted that the government was behind the PDP and the Labour Party. He added that he can be quoted anywhere.
He recalled that when there was a problem at the party during the late former President Musa Yar’Adua, he approached the president, and the president called the then Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu.
He added that he recalled how Yar’Adua told the then INEC chairman that he did not want any problem in any political party, thus, they were forced to fix the problem.
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Obi maintained that the problems in political parties today were deliberately caused by the system. He added that there are some things he planned to clean up once given the opportunity. He vowed that under his administration, political parties would work very well, adding that the system would not be effective without a strong opposition.
The former governor then called on Nigerians to take up responsibility and ensure that their votes count in the 2027 election.
