Labour Party tells supporters to gear up for re-run election

The Labour Party National Working Committee (NWC) headed by Julius Abure, has urged party members and supporters to be on guard and get ready for a possible re-run of the 2023 presidential election that is currently being contested at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal

Obiora Ifoh, the party’s acting national publicity secretary, said Abure was dependable and had been “informed of the plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government to work ahead of a possible rerun, knowing that the tide of the wind is heavily tilted against it.”

In his appeal, Abure urged the many millions of members and supporters of the Labour Party to “be on the alert and get ready to further humiliate the APC and its government in the polls if their sinister plot materialises.”

The call was made by Abure during a meeting over the internet with the Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy, which was overseen by Professor Eddie Oparaoji, the chairman of the American branch of the Labour Party.

“Rumours have it that those in government are already planning for rerun and this is one of the supports we will be canvasing from you. We should also be getting prepared because since all those in government are already preparing for rerun, we too should not be taken unawares.So, we will be needing your engagement and support on this aspect if paradventure it happens today, that the election is nullified, which is not what we are asking for, because we are asking for outright declaration of Peter Obi as the President of Nigeria.We believe strongly that we won that election given the statistics we have, given the result we have, we are not expecting anything less than the declaration of Peter Obi as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Mr Abure was quoted to have said.

“But supposing that didn’t happen as the government is believed to be planning for a rerun, it will not also be out of place for us to be preparing for a rerun election.Having said this by the side, I must say clearly that we have put all our evidence before the court; we are very hopeful that the tribunal will act on our favour. And we are very hopeful that supposing the matter gets to the higher court, the Supreme Court, in this case, it will also act in our favour. We are keeping our hope and confidence alive. In nine months, we are able to change the political narratives of this country and we must build on that successes and so that we can have a more formidable party that we can strategically positioned from the down trodden people of Nigeria,” he added.