The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has endorsed the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure in a remarkable u-turn following his visit to the LP’s national headquarters in Abuja on a solidarity visit on Tuesday, May 21..
Obi had
earlier shunned the party’s controversial national convention, which was held
in his home state, amid the leadership crisis that rocked the party.
During
the Tuesday visit, Obi also endorsed the newly elected National Working
Committee (NWC) of the party led by Abure.
He
urged aggrieved party members to put the survival of Nigerians and Nigeria
first above all other interests.
He
said;
“For
now, let us talk about how we are going to survive till then because we
politicians always focus on the next election and not about human beings.
“For
me, when they survive the next election, we can talk about the election. Let us
focus on Nigeria and see that Nigeria works; if Nigeria is working, the Labour
Party will work.”
Also
speaking, Abure said the party’s NWC appreciated the visit of the party members
and the presidential candidate.
“I want to say this very clearly, the
convention has come and gone; all those who are still angry with us over the
Nnewi convention, we want to appeal to them to come together and work with us
to build the party for a new Nigeria that has a vision.
“I believe
very strongly that personal interests should be put aside in pursuit of a new
Nigeria that will work for all,” Abure said.
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