Despite the party’s turmoil, the Labour Party (LP) believes its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will win the country’s top seat in next year’s election.
The party’s Ogun State chapter suspended Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of its presidential campaign, a decision that was overturned by the LP’s national leadership.
On Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, a member of the Labour Party legal team, Joe-Oke Onuakalusi, said his party is certain to win with the former Anambra State governor.
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When questioned if the party is strong enough to deal with internal conflicts, he replied, “It is [strong enough].” When the head is correct, the body will follow suit.
“You can understand that in Kenya, Ruto came on board just like Peter Obi is emerging and he won and is going to do excellently well,” he said on the show.
“So, we are bent on winning the 2023 election, and by the time Peter emerges come February 2023, we are putting Nigeria on the right track. We have the structure and the best hands and Peter is cruising to victory.”
He noted that the suspensions in the party are basically an internal affair which is not peculiar to the Labour Party.
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“Every party has its own constitution and internal affairs. If any party member goes contrary to it, they have the right to a disciplinary procedure and if that one takes place, it becomes a party affair,” he added.
The lawyer criticized Okupe’s suspension, claiming that only the party’s presidential candidate has the authority to nominate the director general of his campaign organization.
“He (director general, in this case, Okupe) must not be a member of the party; being a member of the party is an addendum but it is the prerogative of the presidential candidate (Obi to appoint his DG),” Onuakalusi noted.
According to him, only ward leaders have the authority to suspend a member, not the state leadership, as the Ogun State chapter of the party has done.
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“So, it is laughable for a group of men to say, ‘We have expelled you from the party’,” the Labour Party chieftain maintained.
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