The Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the Labour Party has said that the prospect of having Peter Obi run again on the party’s platform in 2027 is exciting. Recall that Obi recently declared that he is still a member of the Labour Party and he intends to run for president on the party’s platform in 2027.
Speaking during an interview with The PUNCH, the LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said that the party can begin to discuss the way forward now that Obi’s willingness to stick with LP has been confirmed.
He revealed that LP gave Peter Obi the ticket in 2023, and the decision did not disappoint Nigerians, so the party intends to keep working towards delivering a government that will end the country’s current problems.
“We are excited about the news. If we have waited all these while for two years with all the things that happened, we can still wait for tomorrow and the next, for the whole thing to crystallise. Then we can now begin to talk about the way forward.
Let me start by saying politics is all about interest. The interest of every Nigerian, including the Labour Party, is to have a government that can help Nigerians come out of the doldrums and not enter into more crises, whether political, social or economic.
I believe there are so many Nigerians who have that capacity and who can also help Nigeria come out. In 2023, we gave Peter Obi the ticket and he didn’t disappoint. Rather, the system disappointed them,” he said.
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Obiora insisted that the channel of communication remains open between Peter Obi and Julius Abure, confirming that both politicians still discuss from time to time despite the recent dispute.
He concluded by saying that party members will come together eventually to end their differences in the near future.
“Well, as I said elsewhere, the line of communication is not completely blocked. There are talks, though not formal. But before the 2027 poll, don’t forget that we have Anambra elections a few months from now.
Obi is from Anambra and we expect him to play a key role in making sure that the Labour Party wins the state. So, there has been rapprochement here and there. I think at the right time, the parties will meet and thrash all the differences. From there, we’ll move on.
If he so wishes, as he said, that he will run the next election under the Labour Party, I think it’s a good thing for us in the party. It’s a win-win situation for everyone and we wait to see how we act the talk,” he added.
