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The Labor Party has announced plans to issue a former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for his involvement in the newly formed opposition coalition aimed at challenging the government of the President Ahmed Tinubu.
A senior party member, Abayomi Arabambi, revealed this development during a direct performance at Brief Pagi, a television program channel, on Tuesday. Arabambi accused that Obi’s participation that was ongoing in the coalition while still identifying as a member of the Labor Party was “not constitutional” and “unacceptable.”
“Let me make it very clear: we hold a NEC [National Executive Council] meet where he [Obi] will be issued, “said Arabambi.” It is not constitutional for you to become a member of two political parties at once. They have deceived him on their side, and there he will remain. “
He stressed that NEC will recommend the expulsion of Obi, which will be subject to ratification at the National Party Convention, in accordance with the party’s constitution.
Arabambi further accused Obi of double loyalty, stating: “Obi will be expelled from our party. He is no longer a member. There is no in his right to claim, ‘I am still a member of the Labor Party,’ and at the same time I will accept it.
Challenging public perceptions held widely, Arabambi stressed that Peter Obi did not build a labor party, but rather the party improved his political status.
“I want to improve a very wrong idea. Obi does not make the Labor Party; Labor Party makes Peter Obi,” he said. “That is an opportunity for circumstances, #endsars, past administrative failures, and Nigerian general dissatisfaction. Obi only benefits from our integrity and good intentions.”
Arabambi also accused Obi of showing an authoritarian tendency. “If he can fight party members to carry out his will, then he is not suitable to run the party,” he said while reaffirming the party’s leadership structure under National Chair Julius Abure. “Let me also explain: We do not have groups in the Labor Party. We only have one leadership under Julius Abure.”
The proposed expulsion followed the 48 -hour ultimatum issued by the faction led by the party, demanding that Obi resign from his membership for what was described as “bromance” with the opposition coalition.
In a statement dated July 3, the Secretary of the National Publication of the Labor Party, Obiora Ifoh, clarified that the party was not affiliated with the new coalition.
“The labor party is not part of the coalition. Therefore, one of our members who is part of the coalition is given within 48 hours to officially resign their party membership,” the statement said. “The Labor Party is not available for people with a double agenda or deceptive personality. We will not allow individuals to have one foot in our party and another elsewhere.”
If it describes the coalition members as “opportunistic politicians who are interested in re -launching themselves into a circle of power.”
