The South-West branch of the Labour Party has merged with the All Progressives Congress two weeks before the Presidential election.
Additionally, the group endorsed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential nominee.
The National Coordinator of the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju Tinubu, 2023, Dr. Dayo Adeyeye, and other members of the group facilitated their entry into the APC, according to Mr. Omotoso Banji, the South-West Chairman of the LP, in a Monday interview with journalists in Akure, the capital of Ondo State.
LP leaders opted to leave the party because it was not viable and lacked the clout to win the upcoming elections, according to Omotoso, who led the party leadership to collapse its structure.
He said, “The Labour Party presently is a shaking platform for anybody to contest, it is a failure platform for anybody to contest, I don’t know Peter Obi and I’m less concerned about him but I’m concerned about those who are celebrating the Labour Party mediocre within Nigeria.
“In view of this, we leaders of the Labour Party in the South-West have decided to leave the party because we have a lot of mediocre there and what they are looking for is money, they are not ready to serve Nigeria.
“The Labour Party is not ready to serve Nigeria and that is why we decided to leave the party and come together to the APC. I collapsed the structures of the party in Ekiti State. So, I don’t know how the Obi can come now and embarrass us here in the South-West.
“We are the pillars of that party in the South-West, and to the glory of God Almighty, we have pulled down the structures today ( Monday). I was so surprised to hear from the DG of the party, Akin Osuntokun. We don’t know him in the Labour Party, Akin Osuntokun is representing his personal interest.”
Dr. Dayo Adeyeye, the national coordinator of SWAGA 2023, urged the defectors and other APC members in the South-West to return to their respective voting locations and help Tinubu win the upcoming Presidential election.
“Tinubu is a man of passion, action and vision, who is ready to transform this country and whether they like it or not, Tinubu is going to win,” Adeyeye boasted.
