Labour Party National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, has declared that Peter Obi will not be given the party’s ticket for the 2027 presidential race, deepening the ongoing internal rift within the opposition.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics on Monday, Arabambi maintained that the party is capable of thriving without its 2023 presidential candidate.
“We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi; he will not have our ticket,” he declared.
Arabambi accused the party’s acting national chairperson, Nenadi Usman, and activist Aisha Yesufu of working with Obi against the party’s interest. He said the Labour Party leadership would take steps to remove them, branding them as “an epitome of political extremism.”
The spokesman challenged Obi to publicly confirm his departure, alleging that the former Anambra State governor had split loyalties.
“Obi has one leg in Labour Party, one leg in PDP, and one leg in ADC,” he said. “If he believes he can get seven million votes in 2027, we advise him to pronounce his departure from Labour Party.”
Arabambi dismissed suggestions that Obi was solely responsible for the party’s momentum in the last election. According to him, the movement was fuelled largely by the anger of young Nigerians following the EndSARS protests and widespread dissatisfaction with former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
“Obi was just a man who came to whip as a result of Nigeria’s tiredness of the scandalous administration of Buhari during the EndSARS,” he added. “He only found Labour Party as that vehicle that can provide that change, and he was just opportuned to be the head.”
