Labour Party crisis worsens as Obi threatens to quit

Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential flag bearer in the 2023 general elections, has threatened to dump the party ahead of the 2027 general elections if the party fails to resolve its ongoing crisis.

The party has been enveloped by intractable leadership and ownership crises.

Julius Abure, the party’s National Chairmanship has been at loggerhead with Apapa Lamidi, who lays claim to the same post on one hand while the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has declared its ownership of the party.

Despite the crisis, Abure conducted a controversial convention in Anambra State where he was purportedly reelected.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected the outcome of the convention.

In the face of the internecine party squabbles, Obi while featuring on an X space hosted by Parallel Facts, said he would not die with them.

“Our engagement is about Nigeria, they are trying to change our focus. What we want to do is not about the Labour Party; it is about what the ‘Obidients’ want to do about Nigeria.

“We are thinking about water, we are thinking about power, we are thinking about employment, thinking about security. That should be our focus.

“The other matter we will deal with. We were somewhere, we didn’t start with Labour.

“I’m a Christian. Jesus said, When you go into a city, try to change them, live with them, fast with them. in the end, you can’t come out and even wash the sand that is on your shoes.

“He didn’t say go there and die with them. I tell you, I’m making spirited efforts to change them (LP), but I’m not going to die with them.

“That will not stop what we set out to do. We will try to change them (LP); if we can’t, we will leave them; we will not die with them.”