The National Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim has disowned the self acclaimed factional Chairman of the party one Calistus Okafo who also falsely presented one Mr. Jude Ezewanfo as a factional presidential candidate, asserting that there is no faction in the party.
Speaking in a Radio Programme monitored in Kaduna by Voice of Liberty, Ibrahim said Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi remains the authentic presidential candidate of the party, dully elected at a convention organized by the leadership of Mr Julius Abure as national chairman, supervised and recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
Ibrahim said “Okafor and his co-travellers are tools in the hands of those who do not wish Nigeria well. Those who think money can be used to buy everyone, but realised that the Labour Party is accepted by majority of Nigerians who crave credible political leadership and see it as the only credible alternative to give Nigerians the President they desperately need to salvage Nigeria”.
The National Secretary called on Nigerians, especially the citizens in the South East not to be distracted by the likes of Okafor and his sponsors, but “mobilize support for Mr Peter Obi, to utilise the Labour Party in his quest to liberate Nigeria from the shackles of money bags and godfatherism”.
Ibrahim added that the leadership and members of the Nigerian Labor Congress NLC recognized and endorsed the candidacy of Obi.
He stressed that “no faction exist in Labour Party, but in the imagination of those who are foot soldiers of enemies of Nigeria and Nigerians”.
