Should Peter Obi Dump Labour Party for PDP? APC Chieftain Gives Position

• The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has been urged to remain with his party rather than join the PDP
• Obidike Chukwuebuka, a chieftain of the APC, in an exclusive interview with the APC, said the problem in the Labour Party showed that it is now a national party, unlike before
• According to Chukwuebuka, there is no national party without its internal problem, adding that PDP has its internal problem and it will continue to be

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Peter Obi, the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, has been advised not to leave the party because of the internal crisis rocking the opposition.

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Obidike Chukwuebuka, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), gave advice to the former governor of Anambra state in an interview with Legit.ng.

Labour Party is now a national party

Chukwuebuka maintained that the Labour Party crisis indicates that the Labour Party is now a national party, and no national party is without an internal crisis.

According to the APC chieftain, the PDP being suggested is not crisis-free, and there would be lots unfolding in the umbrella party before 2027, adding that Obi had become a prominent figure and it was best for him to remain the Labour Party.

APC chieftain advises Peter Obi

Chukwuebuka said:

"I don't think it will be right for Obi to return to PDP. There is no big party that is crisis-free. The crisis in LP shows that they are now a national party than when they don't have any elective personnel.

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"The PDP you might be suggesting is not crisis-free, and a lot will still happen in PDP before 2027. Obi is a big figure in LP, so he should remain there for ease of access to the presidential ticket."

There have been speculations that Peter Obi is planning a merger with the former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Social Democratic Party (PDP).

Obi's supporter set to dump Labour Party

Legit.ng earlier reported that Peter Obi's influential supporter, Joseph Onuorah, had announced a plan to join the Labour Party of the APC when he was in Nigeria next.

Onuorah, a Nigerian in the diaspora, said he had had a great ride with the Labour Party during his stay at the opposition party.

The announcement came barely 24 hours after Julius Abure's re-election as the Labour Party's national chairman.

Source: Legit.ng