The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) appeared to have worsened as the LP’s leadership announced that the party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 general election is now open to all qualified Nigerians to contest.
Julius Abure, the LP’s former national chairperson, announced this on Monday at the party’s national executive committee meeting in Abuja.
A video clip which showed him making the announcement was uploaded on TVC’s Facebook page.
“We (LP faction) have not yanked off (names of) Alex Otti and Peter Obi (from the list of people contesting for party tickets). We have simply said that the doors of the party are open to others,” Mr Abure said.
Mr Obi, the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, was earlier adopted as the party’s candidate for the 2027 general election.
Like Mr Obi, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, who won the 2023 election on the LP platform, has been tipped to get the party’s ticket for his bid for a second…
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