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Peter Obi more popular in LP, won’t leave – S’East Vice Chair
The National Vice Chairman, South-East of the LP, Innocent Okeke on Friday said the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is more popular in the party and as such will not abandon the party.
This is coming following speculations about Peter Obi’s continued stay in LP after the resignation of the former Director General of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe.
Okeke, in an interview on Friday, said Okupe’s exit from the party will not influence Peter Obi to leave.
According to him, Okupe left over differences in political ideology whereas Obi has the same ideology as LP.
He said, “Peter Obi won’t leave the Labour Party where his political branding has hit the rooftop. He is more known today in the Labour Party than anywhere else. Doyin (Okupe) has to leave because the Labour Party can never accommodate his style of politics. So, he quickly chose the exit door, and some others like him also followed suit.
“Doyin Okupe said he resigned from the Labour Party, citing ideological differences. We should understand that today, the Labour Party is the only political party in Nigeria with a social democratic ideology.
“2027 is still a long way to go, but if Peter Obi later decides to run for the top Nigerian position come 2027, he will be warmly considered.
“As it stands today, Peter Gregory Obi came to the Labour Party and found out what the Labour Party represents and has the same political philosophy as his. He has helped immensely to develop the Labour Party into the brand it is today.
“I was in a dinner meeting with him recently, and he expressed a strong commitment to developing the Labour Party to assume the strongest opposition political party in Nigeria of today.”
