Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2023 election has described the crisis rocking the party as an inhouse problem that will soon be resolved amicably.
The major opposition leader in the country also said he’s not leaving the party contrary to speculations in some quarters due to the current leadership problem rocking the party.
The crisis stemmed from the controversial circumstances in which the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure was recently elected back into office.
Not a few stakeholders in the party, including Obi have expressed their reservation on the return of Abure as the national leader of the party.
In fact, some sources in the party said the LP presidential candidate was contemplating leaving the party to achieve his ambition in 2027, if the leadership crisis is not amicably resolved.
Speaking on Sunday Obi said “I have never thought of leaving the LP,”, stating that he only craved for reconciliation among all the stakeholders in the party, adding that the crisis is not too big to be resolved so long members are united.
Concerning his presidential ambition, Obi said he’s not desperate to be president, saying all that he craved is for the country to move in the right direction.
He said, “The leadership crisis in the LP presently is not an abnormal thing, it is an in house problem and it will be solved amicably as a family.”
“I have never thought of leaving the LP, I only advocated for peace because I am a man who believe in peace, I am a man who believe in unity, I am a man believes that we are the same. I don’t see any difference between you and me, by the grace of God I always want to do the right thing that is the reason I came here personally, I would have asked someone to represent me, no, I didn’t.
“For me, it is not about elections, we spend more time talking about elections, let us spend time talking about how we can put poor people out of poverty, let’s spend time to know how out-of-school children will be back to school, let’s spend time in other areas, it is not about elections.
” I have said it before that I am not desperate to be President, I am desperate to see Nigeria work for the people. It is important for me because we cannot continue this way, poor people in this country are suffering alot. I am urging all leaders in and out of office, this is time for us to listen to to the people, it is time to work with them, time to feel a bit of their pains.
”The crisis in the LP will be resolved just like I have been saying and at the end things will get better. Labour Party is not the problem of Nigeria, the problem of Nigeria is beyond Labour Party, so, my focus is not on the Labour Party but on Nigeria, my promise is a new Nigeria and that new Nigeria is what I am focussed and it important that we all remain focussed on it.”
