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The Labour Party has recently been recently been drawn into a defection gale as no less than 17 popular members who have dumped the partyRecall that Peter Obi joined the Labour Party in May 2022 and his presence geared up the popularity of the party in the 2023 election, particularly from the youthsObi made a strong statement in the 2023 presidential election and also influenced the votes of many who contested under the Labour PartyThe Labour Party has been one of the opposition parties in Nigeria that has been working to break the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Since Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra, joined the Labour Party in May 2022, after he withdrew as a presidential aspirant and dumped the PDP, the Labour Party has made a sudden return to like, gathering support across the country, particularly from the youths.
Labour Party national chairman Julius Abure with Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti
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Source: TwitterObi’s move to the Pabour Party boosted the chances of many individuals who contested under the party during the 2023 general election.
Labour Party chieftains join APC, PDPHowever, in recent times, an analysis has revealed that many chieftains of the Labour Party and staunched member have defected to the APC or PDP while others only announced their resignation.
The latest of the defection is that of the former Anambra governorship candidate Valentine Ozigbo, who joined the party after dumping the PDP ahead of the 2023 election.
Ozigbo in a Facebook post wrote:
“A few moments ago, at a state executive committee meeting of the Labour Party in Awka, in Anambra State, I formally submitted my resignation letter to my ward’s Chairman.”Who is Ozigbo?Recall that Ozigbo contested the 2021 governorship election in Anambra on the platform of the PDP. However, he dumped the party for the Labour Party in August 2022 to support Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election.
Aside from Ozigbo, no less than 17 influential politicians have dumped the Labour Party for either the PDP or the APC after the 2023 general election.
This came as the party was drawn into a leadership crisis and the political giants needed to forge ahead to pursue their future ambitions.
Below is the full list of the politicians:
S/NNameStates1Valentine OzigboAnambra2Hon. Esosa IyaweEdo3Hon. Dalyop ChollomPlateau4 Alfred IliyaPlateau5Tochukwu Chinedu OkereImo6Donatus MatthewKaduna7Bassey AkibaCross River8Udengs EradiriBayelsa9Ezenwa OnyewuchiImo10David AmehKaduna11Comrade Isaac BalamiBorno12Kenneth OkonkwoEnugu13Erhiatake Ibori-SuenuDelta14Doyin OkupeOgun15Paschal ObiImo16Lasun YusufOsun17 Olukayode SalakoLagosPeter Obi speaks on Rivers crisisLegit.ng earlier reported that Peter Obi of the Labour Party has called for reversing the court’s judgment to stop CBN from releasing the Rivers state allocation.
The Federal High Court in Abuja issued the order regarding the state government’s failure to comply with a court order on the legitimacy of the faction of the state House of Assembly.
Rivers has been experiencing a political crisis since Governor Siminalayi Fubara resumed office and had a rift with his godfather, Nyesom Wike.
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Source: Legit.ng
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