The Labour Party (LP) has firmly denied experiences suggesting that it’s making ready to expel its 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi.
This comes after controversial remarks by Abayomi Arabambi, a former factional spokesperson of the occasion, throughout a latest tv look.
Arabambi, showing on Channels TV, claimed {that a} Nationwide Govt Council (NEC) assembly was imminent and geared toward eradicating Obi from the occasion—an announcement that has since ignited a flurry of reactions.
Nevertheless, in a swift and scathing rebuttal, the occasion’s management, beneath the steering of Senator Nenadi Usman, dismissed the declare as each baseless and politically motivated.
The assertion, signed by Ken Eluma Asogwa, Senior Particular Adviser to the Appearing Nationwide Chairman, described these making the assertions as “political jesters” with no standing within the Labour Party.
“These impostors, appearing on behalf of shadowy pursuits, intend to purport an expulsion of Mr. Obi from the Labour Party – a transfer as laughable as it’s unlawful,” the assertion learn.
The occasion additional warned Nigerians and the media towards taking such claims severely, labeling them the antics of people who had lengthy misplaced their legitimacy following a Supreme Court docket ruling delivered on April 4, 2025, which affirmed the expiration of their tenure.
The management reiterated its full help for Obi’s ongoing coalition-building efforts forward of the 2027 elections, noting that his position was backed by an official assertion issued on Could 25, 2025.
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The occasion accused these behind the rumoured expulsion of being “meddlesome interlopers” whose relevance was solely constructed on attacking Obi.
“This newest drama ought to be rightly seen for what it’s: the determined final kick of a dying horse,” the occasion stated, casting Arabambi and his associates as politically irrelevant operatives greedy for consideration.
Because the 2027 normal elections method, Obi’s identify continues to dominate conversations round a doable political realignment, with mounting stress from a number of quarters for a viable opposition coalition.
This improvement makes him a goal for each inner and exterior adversaries.
The LP concluded by affirming that any genuine communication relating to the occasion’s affairs should come from its present management, beneath Appearing Nationwide Chairman Senator Nenadi Usman, and never from people “performing for his or her paymasters.”
For these following Nigeria’s political realignments, this newest episode underscores the rising tensions and factional intrigue surrounding one of many nation’s hottest opposition figures.
