The African Action Party (AAC) has stated that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party during the 2023 general elections, will be the next person to leave the party after the resignation of Doyin Okupe.
The party, in a series of tweets on X platform (formerly Twitter) described Peter Obi and his team as hijackers who only used the party for their personal motives.
He said, “SPV: We predicted this correctly. We in the left knew exactly where these hijackers were heading. They are supporters of every neoliberal policies of @officialABAT. The scales are falling off and Nigerians must stop queuing behind fakes and gear up towards #RevolutionNow
“The special purpose vehicle has gotten to @doyinokupe’s bus stop. It’s heading to @PeterObi‘s. He’s next. 2024 will be a year to expose pseudo-progressives who are counter-revolutionary,” the party added.
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Recall that Okupe had announced his resignation from the party because he felt he had a different ideology from the party.
Reacting, Mr Obiora Ifoh, the LP’s National Publicity Secretary stated that Okupe took the correct decision to leave the party.
Ifon said Okupe was always a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party had been expecting him to leave.
He said, “Yes, we received the letter from Dr. Doyin Okupe, tendering his resignation as a member of the Labour Party. We want to say that we wish him very well in his pursuit of his political career. We in the Labour Party cherish the moment we had with him.
“After a short time, December 2022, when he had cause to leave the campaign based on some legal issues, we thank him for the contributions he made when he was the chairman of the DG of the campaign.
“We wish him very well. We want to say that he is saying that he is leaving because he is a Liberal Democrat, while the Labour Party is a Social Democrat.
“It is also a good thing because he is not expected to be in a territory where his ideological bent will be confused or different. He has always been a PDP man, so the Labour Party expects that he will return to anywhere he wants to be.
“We wish him all the best in his future political pursuit. Though we saw the letter on social media but we have not received it officially,” Ifoh said.
