- By Kamil Opeyemi
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said that he did not attend the national convention of the party held in Nnewi because the leadership of the party did not do the mandatory consultations before the convention. Obi spoke on Friday during an X space hosted by Parallel Facts. He accused the Julius Abure-led party leadership of failing in its duty to carry all stakeholders along.
“We promised to build Nigeria, we did not promise to build a New Labour Party,” he emphatically affirmed.
He also threw his weight behind the call for a structure for the ‘OBIdient’ movement.
“It is the standard practice around the world where movements form themselves into blocs and are part of the political process,” he added. NPO Reports that the Board of Trustees of the party had said it was taking over the running of the party after the convention which returned Abure as the National Chairman. The party has been enmeshed in leadership crisis.
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