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‘It’ll be too late for Peter Obi to return to Labour Party’ — Nenadi Usman
The Chairman of the Labour Party, Nenadi Usman, has said it would be too late for the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return and contest under its platform ahead of the 2027 election.
Speaking during an interview on Prime Time on Arise Television on Wednesday, Usman cited electoral guidelines and party procedures as limiting factors.
“Well, it will be too late, actually for him to come back, because if you look at the Act now, at some point we close the register, and once we close the register 21 days before primaries, submit the e-register to INEC. You can’t come from behind the door for us to register you and for you to contest,” she said.
Usman acknowledged Obi’s significant role in boosting the party’s profile during the last general election, admitting that no current member commands similar political momentum.
“Even me, he convinced me to come with him to the Labour Party and not just me, many people that are in Labour Party today were convinced by Peter because we believed in equity and fairness,” she said.
She explained that her decision to join the party was influenced by her dissatisfaction with the zoning arrangement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the time.
“We believed that PDP should have zoned the seat to the south, but since they left it open and said they were not zoning and they were trying to field a Northerner. We felt no, it’s not fair, though I’m a Northerner, but I felt it was not fair. That’s why I just left and quite a number of other people joined the Labour Party,” she added.
On the party’s future direction, Usman said the Labour Party would refocus on its founding ideals of social justice and equal opportunity, pointing to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State as a model.
“What I want Nigerians to expect henceforth is a new Labour Party that is going to be strictly based on the ideologies the party was built initially to represent… equal opportunity, social justice,” she said.
“And if you look at what the Abia Governor is doing, he’s strictly following those… Yes, Governor Alex Otti. He is what I would say is the ambassador of the Labour Party. He’s the only governor we have and he’s doing very well.”
She also urged Nigerians, including activists and unionists, to participate actively in the political process.
“If you think you’re an activist, you have something to offer Nigeria, come contest elections… because you cannot change from outside,” she said.
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The lawmaker representing Misau/Dambam Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, Aliyu Misau, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and joined the Allied Peoples Movement, APM.
The speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, announced the lawmaker’s defection on Wednesday during plenary.
In the letter, Misau said his decision to leave the PDP is due to the unresolved internal crises and persistent factionalism within the party.
DAILY POST reports that this is the second time in June that another Bauchi federal lawmaker defected from the PDP to the APM.
Recall that four members of the House from Bauchi State had on June 4, dumped the same PDP for the APM.
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Arise News anchor Rufai Oseni has faulted the lawsuit against a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo by the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s legal team.
Obi had dragged the actor-turned politician to court for allegedly defaming him on national TV following the conduct of the NDC primary elections in the South East.
DAILY POST recalls that Okonkwo, in a recent interview, alleged that the NDC presidential candidate and other leaders of the party in the region collected bribes from aspirants seeking House of Representatives and senatorial seats.
The claim was vehemently pushed back by Obi’s camp, leading to a defamation suit and a seven-day ultimatum for Okonkwo to retract the claim.
Speaking during the Arise TV morning show, Rufai described Okonkwo as a “political surrogate”, stating that Obi should not waste his time in pursuing the case.
Giving his reason, Rufai said the lawsuit amplified the allegations, claiming that Okonkwo’s claim only became news after Obi slammed him.
He said, “If I’m to advise Mr Peter Obi, I would ask him to remove that case from the court.
“He doesn’t need. I can bet you that a lot of people did not even hear when Kenneth Okonkwo said it. It became news when Peter Obi sued him.
“You just gave a media traction to this guy, allow him to talk as he wants, the best you can do is to refute it. It is not everything you react to”.
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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has revealed that ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, worked harder for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections.
In a continuous trade of words with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the ex-SGF insisted that the ADC primary election that produced Atiku was massively rigged.
Lawal contrasted Amaechi’s activities with what he described as Atiku’s low-profile approach to the contest.
“Someone like Rotimi Amaechi was very confident that if we go to primaries he would win. Everybody around him was extremely confident that Amaechi would win.
“Among the three candidates, Amaechi was the one moving around, working hard to see that he got the ticket,” Lawal said.
Recall that before he dumped the ADC, the ex-SGF alleged that the primary election that produced Atiku was massively rigged, insisting that he has evidence to support his claims.
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