By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja THE new Labour Party, LP, National Working Committee, NWC, led by Alhaji Lamidi Bashir Apapa, declared its support for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on his plans to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election in court. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. […]

The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council said the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not leave Nigeria, regardless of the pressure being mounted on him.

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has asked the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi to leave Nigeria and never come back.

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka said the inability of the supporters of the Labour Party, LP, otherwise known as Obidients, has now become their badge of honour.

FORMER Labour Party Deputy National Chairman, Callistus Okafor, has issued a stern warning that the ongoing crisis in the party involving the Chairman, Julius Abure, could negatively impact the chances of Peter Obi at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

The candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP in the 2019 presidential election, Kingsley Moghalu has backed Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka over his comment on the pronouncement of the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed on the Supreme Court regarding the 2023 general elections. 

Labor Party Presidential Campaign Council, LP-PCC, yesterday, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of a well-calculated and orchestrated campaign of calumny to discredit and delegitimise Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate, to compel him to abandon his right to seek redress in court, following the outcome of the last election which was adjudged both locally and internationally to have failed to meet any standard of credibility or fairness.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has condemned the attack on him by pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, for stating Federal Government’s position on the 2023 elections.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that there is pressure on him to leave the country. 

“Atiku protested in Abuja. Have Peter and Datti protested? Third place that want to be declared winners? If they talk treason, they go to prison!”

A public policy think tank, The Neo Africana Centre (NAC) has berated the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed over the allegation he levelled against Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

Elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Robert Clark, said it would be difficult for the Labour Party, LP to prove that there were election malpractices in Lagos State during the March 18th presidential election.

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he warned the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on excesses of the his supporters, otherwise known as ‘Obidients.’

LABOUR PARTY Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government and spokesmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop the campaign of calumny against him, noting that the campaigns were damaging the image of Nigeria on the global stage.

The Yoruba Afenifere Youths Organisation of Nigeria, YAYON, has called for restructuring of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere.