The Labour Party’s leadership has declared that it is impossible for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to be persuaded to collaborate with President Bola Tinubu’s government of national unity.
Obiora Ifoh, the party’s national publicity secretary, and Kehinde Edun, its national legal adviser, each gave interviews in which they outlined the party’s viewpoint.
The announcement of the party’s position comes six days after the former governor of Anambra State disparaged the president on the “Morning Show” of Arise TV in response to the controversy surrounding his academic standing at Chicago State University.
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According to Peter Obi, a leader who lies about his background or age cannot be relied upon to act morally and is unqualified to serve as their leader.
But the national legal adviser of LP insisted that such a figment of imagination can never come to reality, reiterating that Obi has already made his stance known.
He said, “I think Obi has something he is pursuing, especially when we are sure we won the election. So it will be out of place for us to now say we want to work with this government. As far as LP is concerned, we are waiting for the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that will pronounce Obi as the winner. That’s what we are waiting for.
“This is why we cannot be talking about Obi, somebody who is the owner of the mandate, working with somebody who is a pretender to the office. Until we see to the end of this case at the Supreme Court, it is not over.”
Sharing the same sentiment, the party’s spokesman also insisted that the LP candidate can’t be distracted by such a notion as he is presently focused on reclaiming his ‘stolen mandate’ from the apex court.
“We are still in the process of reclaiming our stolen mandate through our appeal at the Supreme Court. There is no way our candidate can be seen working for this government. For now, he is focused on the appeal at the apex,” he said.
