The Northern Obidients Youth Assembly (NOYA), core Supporters of the Labour Party have implored Governor Alex Otti, to resist the pressure by some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to destroy the Labour party in other to dump the party and then join the APC.
NOYA National Coordinator, Hussaini Mukhtar in a statement released yesterday, alleged that the Nigeria Labour Congress National Transition Committee (NLC NTC) met with Governor Otti in a fresh plot to destabilise the Labour party, ahead of the 2027 polls.
According to NOYA National Coordinator Mukhtar, plans had been perfected by some unpatriotic members to organize an illegal parallel National Working Committee (NWC) for the party in an attempt to destabilise the party and create crisis.
“We were reliably informed about the decision to form an illegal parallel NWC for the party in coming days. This will be counter productive and will deepen the crisis in the party.
“We will advise His Excellency the Executive Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti to think about the sacrifices of Obidients and His Excellency Peter Obi in giving him the platform that brought him to power and be weary of the NTC as they do not mean well for our party.
“The Governor should be aware that this period is crucial and there is the need to desist from actions that will destabilise the party or deepen the crisis the party is facing already, it is possible for him to quietly join the APC if he so wishes, without destroying Peter Obi’s chances,” he said.
In addition, he alleged that this move by the NTC was orchestrated by other political parties as part of its efforts to weaken the opposition parties and pave way for a consensus candidate to win seamlessly in 2027 presidential election.
“They know that Labour Party is a strong force that will dislodge the APC in 2027, so, they are now using the NTC as a tool to destabilise the party as they have already destabilised the PDP.
“It will be very unfortunate if Governor Otti will allow himself to be used by the other party and the NTC to destroy the labour party and the Obidient Movement that gave him the platform to win election in 2023.
“This is the time to come together and work together in order to strengthen our structures across the country. The other parties are busy buying up opposition political parties and its members, let us put heads together form a formidable force to take over power in 2027”, he said.
Meanwhile, The LP-NTC Chairman Alhaji Abdulwaheed Omar has assured its members in FCT on Thursday that significant impact will be made in next two weeks in all ramifications. ” I assure you that all these problems will come to an end in the next two weeks and activities shall kick off in Ernest” he said.
