By Promise Eze
Few days to the presidential election, slated February 25, the North-East Chairmen of the Labour Party, LP, say as a result of alleged undemocratic internal activities of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the party is bound to fail during the poll.
The Nation reports that the Chairman, LP, Gombe State and Coordinating Chairman for 36 states of the Federation, Alhaji Sani Abdulsalam, spoke on behalf of others, such as: Chairman Yobe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammad Bukar; and the National Vice Chairman, North East, Alhaji Mohammed Alkaji, during a press briefing, in Abuja.While bemoaning paucity of LP’s polling unit agent, among other things, he accused Mr. Obi of insensitivity, and high handedness.
He said: “I speak on behalf of 36 state Chairmen of our party in my capacity as the Coordinating Chairman. We have never been respected by the party leadership and also our presidential candidate has no respect for our party executives at state levels because Mr Peter Obi deliberately mismanaged our good will with the imposition of his members and other support group that decamped with him in May 2022 to our party.
“Of note today Wednesday the 22nd day of February 2023 was the meeting we had with the National Chairman Bar Julius Abure in the party head office where discussion was held about the logistics support for state chapters and National officers towards effective Mobilization of our members for the presidential and National Assembly election on Saturday 25th February 2023.
“To our surprise , the National Chairman Bar Julius Abure said the Presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi has no confidence in all the 36 state chapters leadership but would rather choose to work with their cronies and support group that came with him.
“The greatest shock from the National Chairman Bar Julius Abure was that money for agents will not be sent to any State Chairman or National officers except those three NWC members including a woman and that all state Chairmen’s and 19 other members already picked by Mr Peter Obi himself will be given monies meant for party agents and alert will be received by 10pm tonight Wednesday the 22nd day of February 2023.
“As at tonight , no alert has been received by any State Chairmen and information reaching us confirmed that money were paid based on ethnic and religious consideration because only persons of a particular ethnic group currently run the campaign of Mr. Peter Obi in cohort with the National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure, which has polluted the Party.
“Nigerians should be aware that Mr. Peter Obi is an epitome of lies and a bundle of deceit. In fact, he has come to destroy our beloved party.
“As members of the Labour Party National Executive and National Working Committee (NWC), it is our considered opinion and informed conclusion that Peter Obi cannot win this election since all party executives have been sidelined. He is not ready and is grossly ill-prepared for the Presidential race.”
They said the one-time Anambra State governor may lose because of what they called his “undemocratic internal activities”.
