By Seyi Babalola
Mr. Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, said he vowed to rebuild Nigeria rather than create a new party.
Obi commented when explaining why he skipped the LP’s national convention in Anambra State.
Addressing Nigerians on X Space, presented by Parallel Facts on Friday, Peter Obi stated that he disregarded the convention because the party leadership, led by Julius Abure, neglected to conduct extensive engagement with key party stakeholders before the convention.
He stressed the need for the right thing to be done to salvage the party, adding that he is more passionate about building a new Nigeria than building a new Labour Party.
“We promised to build Nigeria, we did not promise to build a New Labour Party,” Obi said.
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.
Two factional groups respectively led by Julius Abure and Apapa Lamidi have been claiming supremacy.
Also, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, is against Abure’s leadership of the party
However, Abure was reelected during the controversial national convention organized in Anambra State.
