LP: We’ve no plans to merge with PDP

The Labour Party (LP) says it has no plans to merge with any other political party in the country.

There were reports that the Labour Party has accepted the merger proposal of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar.

Atiku had, on Tuesday, called on the opposition parties to enter a merger to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) from power.

Reacting to the development, the LP, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, on Thursday, November 16, said the reports that the party accepted Atiku’s merger proposal were false.

Ifoh stated: “Kindly disregard the sensational news making the round which suggests that Labour Party is working out a merger arrangement with any other political party.

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“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 no where 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 hold, 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.”

The Star