Labour Party says it is the only platform to make its 2023 candidate, Peter Obi, win in the 2027 presidential election.
LP National Vice Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, stated this on Channels Television’s interview programme, Politics Today.
Obi, who was the LP presidential flagbearer in the 2023 electiony, has been under pressure from some members of his Obidients support group to quit the party plagued by crisis after the elections, ahead of the 2027 polls.
Olorunfemi, in his reaction to the call on Obi to leave the LP, said true Obidients won’t suggest Obi quit the party.
The LP vice chairman said, “Well, I will just use the word delusional, those ones that are pressing for such, they are delusional. Some people can overreach themselves, the true Obidients out there, they won’t advise Peter Obi to leave the party.
“You have the true Obidients, the student unions groups, the youths of Nigeria, the hardworking people of Nigeria, are tired of what is going on in Nigeria, people are tired of hunger, which political party will he go to? To go back to PDP, APC or to Where?
“This is a political party that is based on ideology, we are social democrats here. The people that put this political party up are social democrats and that is entrenched in the constitution. So, the only place for Peter Obi to win the election in 2027 is the Labour Party and we are preparing for that.”
He described the former Anambra State governor as the best president Nigeria has yet to have, adding that by the grace of God, he will emerge the winner in 2027.
Olorunfemi also expressed confidence that the Labour Party will come out of its crisis stronger, saying that the leadership of the party under Julius Abure will fight for peace and the party as well as ensure the return of the Lamidi Apapa camp into its fold.
