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LP is the only platform for Peter Obi to win election in 2027 – Labour Party
Remember that some of the members of Obi’s Obidient support group were pressuring him to leave the Labour Party, which he ran for president under in the 2023 election, due to internal strife following the election and in advance of the 2027 elections.
According to the Labour Party, Peter Obi can only run and win the 2027 presidential election on the platform provided by the party.
This was said by the party’s National Vice Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, in an interview that aired on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
Remember that some of the members of Obi’s Obidient support group were pressuring him to leave the Labour Party, which he ran for president under in the 2023 election, due to internal strife following the election and in advance of the 2027 elections.
In response to the request that Obi leave the celebration, Olorunfemi stated that it is true that Obi’s guests won’t recommend that he do so.
Olorunfemi 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 part.
“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.”
Olorunfemi said the former Anambra State governor remains the best president Nigeria is yet to have, adding that by the grace of God, he will emerge the winner in 2027.
He 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 and open the return of the Lamidi Apapa camp into its fold.
He said that the process of reconciliation is ongoing and that Apapa and Abayomi Arambabi are still members of the party.
Olorunfemi added that the party may have a special convention to fill some positions that were not occupied in its last convention.
