The Labour Party has seeked forgiveness from Nigerians over the defection of its 2023 Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi who with his supporters moved to the African Democratic Congress, ADC on Wednesday.
The Party in a statement said they gave Nigerians a candidate they thought was good for the nation in 2023, but time has since proved that they made the greatest political mistake.
The LP begged Nigerians to watch out for the Party while pleaded for forgiveness from them, adding that they are already working out the best prospect that they hope will bring Nigeria back to its glorious days.
Speaking further on the defection, the Party who noted of the lacklustre speech Obi made at the occasion, wondered what new he intends to sell to Nigerians.
According to the Party, “For us in Labour Party, we wondered why it took them this long to make the move because we have since September 2024, parted ways with Peter Obi and some blind supporters in the National Assembly. We have patiently waited for this day.
“The party is finally liberated by this defection and as Party leaders, we count it as a blessing. It will be on record that the leadership of the Labour Party had since urged Obi and his disgruntled followers to exit the party if they were unable to work with the leadership of the party. 
“As a matter of fact, the party had suspended many of the lawmakers for anti party and was clearly going to mete the same treatment on the Presidential Candidate but for the intervention of some well meaning Nigerians”.
The Party added that the crisis they had was caused by Obi and the Abia state governor, Dr. Alex Otti. “It was them that sponsored the insurrection against the Julius Abure leadership.
“We had also expected Governor Otti to follow Obi out of the party. We are surprised that even though he has been suspended from the party, he is still loitering around. It is still not too late for him to follow his political leader”.
The party warned that the charade which took place in Enugu on Wednesday was largely boycotted by prominent political and traditional institutions in the South East. “All we saw were mere political spent forces who cannot win in their wards should there be an election today. 
“This is clearly a danger signal that the Obi presidency (or Vice Presidency) is already a failed project from inception. He has clearly lost the charm that had endeared him to the people prior 2023”, Labour Party stated.
“He must be told that the South East lost out completely in the President Ahmed Tinubu’s government because they trusted and believed in him in 2023.
“While some states of the federation boast as much as five ministers, the entire states in the South East was given a paltry five ministerial slot”.
The Party revealed further that the marginalization against the zone has continued even in infrastructure allocation and the party wondered if the Southeast will repeat the same political harakiri again.
