… Desperate politicians can’t build a new Nigeria

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Gregory Obi has received a 48-hour ultimatum to formally resign his membership of the Labour Party, having formally joined the coalition party.

Labour Party, while reiterating its disinterest in joining the coalition, said that the members of the coalition are power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.

The party warned Nigerians that the often mouthed ‘new Nigeria is Possible’ is a ruse and cannot be achieved with the assemblage of old, recycled, desperate and frustrated politicians in the coalition.

In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, the party says that all those who mismanaged Nigeria over the years are the ones who gathered themselves in the coalition, while noting that desperate politicians can’t birth a new Nigeria.

We are aware of several nocturnal meetings between Peter Obi and some of our members, lobbying them to join him in his new party. We’re also aware that a number of them have refused to defect with him.

Labour Party has consistently said it is not part of the coalition and therefore, any of our members who are part of the coalition are given within 48 hours to formally resign their membership of the party.

Labour Party is not available for people with a dual agenda, people with a deceptive persona. The party will not avail itself to individuals who have one leg in one Party and another leg elsewhere. People who in the morning, they will claim to be in the Labour Party and in the evening are in coalition.

Nearly 70 per cent of the Nigerian population is youths who are tired of the old order, tired of gerontocrats deciding their fate. The new Nigeria that the youths are dreaming of, is not what can be realised from what we are seeing in the coalition.

These people are opportunistic politicians who are only interested in relaunching themselves into the circle of power, people who are desperate to continue holding on to power.

The new Nigeria of our dreams can only be realised through the Labour Party, and the party is willing to lead Nigerians along that trajectory.

I therefore urge all members of the party to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections.