Fake News Alert: Labour Party Dismiss Claim It Collapsed Southwest Structure for APC, as Keyamo Kicks Obi

Fake News Alert: Labour Party Dismiss Claim It Collapsed Southwest Structure for APC, as Keyamo Kicks Obi

  • Fresh revelations from the camp of the Labour Party have debunked claims that its Southwest branch collapsed its structure for the APC
  • The spokesperson of the Obi-Datti presidential campaign council disclosed this on Monday, February 13
  • Meanwhile, Festus Keyamo of the Tinubu-Shettima campaign council says the Labour Party stands no chance at the 2023 presidential polls

FCT, Abuja - The Labour Party has dismissed claims that it collapsed its structure for the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) in the country's southwest region.

Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson of the Obi-Datti presidential campaign council, made this revelation in reaction to reports making the rounds that the leaders of the southwest chapter of the Labour Party switched camps and pitched their tents with the ruling party, APC.

Keyamo, Obi
Festus Keyamo insists that Peter Obi does not stand a chance at the polls. Photo: Festus Keyamo (SAN), Peter Obi
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According to Punch, Tanko, while reacting to this development on Monday, February, 13 said:

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“It is wrong information. There is nothing like LP collapsing structure for anybody in the South West. Is there a different South West we don’t know about?

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“It is just a creation of some disgruntled elements and irrelevant persons who just want to cause disharmony in our party. Nobody is decamping from our camp to anywhere. Our structure in the South West is still very much intact.”

APC taunts Labour Party

In what seems like a dig at the Labour Party, the spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) said:

“The voting day is getting very closer and people are beginning to see the light. It is sad that the LP that prides itself on wanting to change Nigeria is referring to some members leaving the party as irrelevant.
“We welcome those who just collapsed the structure into the APC. They have seen the light after discovering that they were on a journey to nowhere with the Labour Party. I repeat it for the umpteenth time that LP cannot and will not win.”

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Keyamo stated that the Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi, would need a divine miracle to pull off an upset at the presidential while noting that is not even likely at present.

He described Obi as a replica of President Muhammadu Buhari, who failed at three attempts for the presidential seat.

He said:

“He only has the South-East support but the South-South would be shared equally with the PDP. I said it before and I am saying it again.
“Peter Obi is a joker. Candidates are going to stadia to the campaign, they will rather choose a drive to a crowded small space, especially places where your ethnic people are. It is disgraceful, to say the least.”

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Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu's strong supporters are not giving Peter Obi, the Labour Party flagbearer, any breathing space.

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In the buildup of the 2023 elections, Festus Keyamo has highlighted reasons why he believed Obi is deceiving Nigerians.

The spokespersons, Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council, made this disclosure through a statement while urging Nigerians to vote for the ruling party in 2023.

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In another development, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress has been accused of spreading disinformation about the party and its presidential candidate.

Festus Keyamo alleged that Naja'atu Muhammadu travelled all the way to London to meet with Bola Tinubu in order to lobby for a position.

According to Keyamo, the APC directorate for the presidential election has always known that Muhammad was a mole within the party.

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