... Says Issuers Are Political Jesters
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has vehemently refuted the issuance of 48 hours ultimatum to the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, to leave the party owing to his involvement in coalition negotiations just as it stated that those calling for his ousting are political jesters.
The Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the party announced earlier that it is strongly behind Obi in the coalition negotiations.
The party in a press statement signed by Ken Eluma Asogwa, the Senior Special Assistant to Sen. Nenadi, stated that its attention has been drawn to misleading reports and commentaries suggesting that Obi has been issued a 48-hour ultimatum to resign from the party following his participation in the recent coalition talks and the unveiling of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja.
The party further explained that for the avoidance of doubt, the leadership of the Labour Party, on May 26, 2025, publicly declared its full support for Obi’s involvement in the coalition efforts aimed at creating a robust political alternative to rescue Nigeria from the disastrous misrule of the APC. That position has not changed.
“We wish to reaffirm that Mr. Peter Obi’s participation in the coalition activities, including the ADC unveiling, was done with the full knowledge, approval, and support of the Labour Party leadership.
“The individuals claiming to have issued an ultimatum to Mr. Obi are political jesters with no legitimate standing in the Labour Party. They are neither recognised by the party nor by the law, having long been sacked by the Supreme Court of Nigeria the highest court in the land and suspended from the party for their serial acts of indiscipline and anti-party activities.
“It is the remnants of the disorder and mess left behind by these impostors that the current leadership under Senator Nenadi Usman continues to clean.
“Therefore, members of the public, and especially the media, are urged to disregard the distractions and mischief from these discredited elements.
“For clarity, the only legitimate and authoritative source of information regarding the official position of the Labour Party on any matter remains the office of Senator Nenadi Usman, Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party”, it said.