Labour Party denies merger talks with PDP, others

The Labour Party has distanced itself from reports suggesting it was in talks with other political parties to form a strong coalition as proposed by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

A statement by Obiora Ifoh, Labour Party National Publicity Secretary, advised the public to disregard the news suggesting they were considering the proposal made by Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.

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. 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 be held, 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.”