The Labour Party (LP) has advised the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to forget about participating in the 2027 general elections, declaring that the party has lost direction and focus.
Citing what it described as the intractable leadership crisis rocking the party and the allegation by the 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that the opposition leaders were being paid N50 million each by the government at the centre to undermine democracy, the LP submitted that the PDP can no longer be expected to provide the much-needed leadership role in Nigeria.
The Labour Party National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, who made the call in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, said if the PDP had not been able to put its house in order and work in unity since losing power in 2015 to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), it will be difficult, if not impossible, for the embattled party to reclaim power in 2027.
Arabambi said given the precarious situation of the PDP today, it will be a deft move if the once-ruling political party in Nigeria heeds the wise counsel, recuses itself from the next presidential election, and joins forces with the Labour Party to make it formidable enough to wrest power from the APC in 2027.
Arabambi said, since the nation inches closer to the 2027 general elections, both the PDP and LP should work together to wrestle power from the APC.
He said, “To avert a repeat of what happened in 2023, when the PDP and LP went to the presidential election separately and lost to the APC, the two of them must join hands and work together as a single entity to upstage the ruling party in 2027.
He enjoined Nigerians to ignore Atiku’s allegation and stop blaming the APC or President Bola Tinubu for the implosion and crisis rocking the PDP, saying the crises are self-inflicted.
He expressed confidence that with the over six million votes garnered by the LP in 2023, there is an assurance that the party will pull winning votes in 2027 and more victory votes if the PDP aligns with LP ahead of the next presidential election.
“PDP is in a serious leadership crisis. They have not been able to put their house in order. With the current crisis, how can they manage the affairs of the country? PDP should recuse itself from participating in the 2027 presidential election and support the Labour Party and Mr Peter Obi to wrestle power from APC.
“We don’t want what happened in 2023 to repeat itself in 2027 when the PDP and LP went their separate ways to contest in that election and divided their votes. If they had worked together as one, their combined votes would have defeated the APC. We don’t want such to happen in 2027.”
Nigerians should not listen to Atiku Abubakar, who is blaming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the ills of the PDP. The implosion is self-inflicted. Has Atiku been around to organise the party? He is not serious,” Arabambi stated. (Vanguard)
