A faction of the Labour Party (LP), led by its embattled National Chairperson, Julius Abure, claims that the LP made a mistake in selecting Peter Obi as its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election.
Obiora Ifoh, the national spokesperson of the LP faction, stated this in a statement on Wednesday night, shortly after Mr Obi defected from the LP to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, defected to the ADC on Wednesday in Enugu, alongside top politicians, including senators and former governors, from other political parties, mainly in the South-east.
The former governor finished third, with 6,101,533 votes, as the presidential candidate of the LP during the 2023 general election, which was won by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives
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