365NEWS gathered that the opposition Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Barr. Julius Abure has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to stop blaming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the intractable crisis plaguing the PDP, saying it is a self -inflicted woe.
The Labour Party also asked the PDP to recuse itself from contesting or presenting any candidate for the country’s next presidential election in 2027, declaring that the hitherto largest political party in Africa has lost both “direction and focus.”
Highlighting the alleged leadership crisis within the party, the Labour Party (LP) pointed to the violent clash at its Abuja headquarters during a Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting, where Samuel Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye both claimed the position of National Secretary.
The party also referenced Atiku Abubakar’s allegation that opposition leaders were each paid ₦50 million by the central government to undermine democracy. Given these developments, LP asserted that the party can no longer be relied upon to provide the much-needed leadership in the country.
In a statement on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Abayomi Arabambi, the LP said if the PDP had not been able to put its house in order and work in unity since losing power in 2015 to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), it will also be quite difficult for it to reclaim power in 2027 let alone summoning the requisite direction, focus and organisation to manage the affairs of Nigeria.
Arabambi added that given the precarious situation of the opposition PDP today, it will be a deft move if the once ruling political party in Nigeria should heed the wise counsel, recuse itself from the next presidential election and join forces with the Labour Party and Mr Peter Obi to make the union formidable enough to wrest power from the APC in 2027.
The LP Publicity Secretary said the advice became necessary and timely as the nation inches closer to another general elections season so as to avert a repeat of what happened in 2023, when the PDP and LP went to the presidential election separately and lost to the APC instead of joining hands together as a single entity to upstage the ruling party.
He expressed the confidence that with the over six million votes garnered by the LP in 2023, there is hope in the horizon that the party will pull winning votes in 2027 and more victory votes if the PDP aligned with LP ahead of the next presidential election.
“PDP is in a serious leadership crisis. They have not been able to put their house in order and how can they manage the affairs of the country? PDP should recuse itself from participating in the 2027 presidential election and support the Labour Party to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“We don’t want what happened in 2023 to repeat itself in 2027 when the PDP and LP went separate ways to contest in that election and divided their votes. If they had worked together as one their combined votes would have defeated the APC.
“We don’t want such to happen in 2027. Nigerians should not listen to Atiku Abubakar who is blaming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the ills of PDP. The implosion is self – inflicted. Has Atiku been around to organise the party? He is not serious,” Arabambi stated.
