The Labour Party (LP) has refuted the speculations of a rumored plan to merge with the People’s Democratic Party and the New Nigerian People’s Party.
There are reports that former Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party had proposed a merger with the Labour Party in a bid to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming years.
However, the Labour Party has debunked any claims to merge with any other party or parties via a public statement by it’s national publicity secretary, Obiora Ifor who asserted that the conversation was “twisted to embarrass the Labour Party”.
The statement reads:
“Kindly disregard the sensational news making the round which suggests that Labour Party is working out a merger arrangement with any other political party.
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“It is purely a news item twisted and sensationalized by a section of the media to embarrass the Labour Party.
“A news organisation called for a reaction as regards to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s proposal for opposition political parties to work together to fight against one party system in Nigeria being planned by the APC.
“In my reaction, I said that it was only a proposal and every Nigerian should be interested in making democracy work in Nigeria and that what we have presently is an autocracy.
“There was nowhere in the response that the purported merger between LP and PDP was mentioned.
“The Labour Party has just concluded the 2023 general election episode and a post mortem is yet to hold, therefore the way forward for the party has not been discussed. When we do, Nigerians will be properly informed.
“I therefore urge Nigerians to disregard such and many other twisted and sensational stories purported to emanate from the Labour Party. The party has its official platform used to disseminate its information.”
