The Labour Party has reiterated its stance as the sole platform for Peter Obi to contest and potentially win the 2027 presidential election. Ayo Olorunfemi, the National Vice Chairman of the party, made this clear during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
Peter Obi, who ran for the presidency under the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has faced pressure from some members of his Obidient support group to leave the party.
The party has been dealing with internal crises since the elections. Addressing these calls, Olorunfemi dismissed them as baseless and out of touch with the true supporters of Obi.
“Well, I will just use the word delusional, those ones that are pressing for such, they are delusional,” Olorunfemi stated. “Some people can overreach themselves, the true Obidients out there, they won’t advise Peter Obi to leave the party. You have the true Obidients, the student unions groups, the youths of Nigeria, the hardworking people of Nigeria, are tired of what is going on in Nigeria, people are tired of hunger, which political party will he go to? To go back to PDP, APC or to Where?”
He emphasized the Labour Party’s ideological foundation, positioning it as the only viable political platform for Obi. “This is a political party that is based on ideology, we are social democrats here.
The people that put this political party up are social democrats and that is entrenched in the constitution. So, the only place for Peter Obi to win the election in 2027 is the Labour Party and we are preparing for that,” Olorunfemi added.
Olorunfemi praised Obi as the best president Nigeria is yet to have and expressed optimism that he will secure victory in the 2027 election.
He also conveyed confidence that the Labour Party will emerge stronger from its current crisis.
