Atiku Should Steps Down For Peter Obi, His Last Born Can Be Vice Presidential Candidate

Factional National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Tony Akeni, has urged the former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to drop his presidential ambition and back his counterpart, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Akeni who is loyal to Obi and Abia State Governor Alex Otti, told Punch that President Bola Tinubu’s administration can be defeated.

He warned that Tinubu’s focus on political realignment instead of governance would be his major undoing as he heads into the next poll.

What should be conveyed to Tinubu and his brinksmen is sympathy. Let him know that we of the Labour Party sympathise with him because he is carrying, with this decamping domino, a nest of soldier ants,” Akeni said.

“If Atiku can go deep inside his soul and demonstrate that he truly loves this country by standing up to support Obi for the presidency, he can then choose anybody of his choice, even if it is his lastborn, as the vice presidential candidate,” he stated.

Akeni maintained that only a united opposition could defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2027, describing Obi as a disciplined reformist capable of replicating Singapore’s transformation under Lee Kuan Yew.

However, the Abure-led faction swiftly dismissed talks of any merger or coalition with the ADC, insisting that the party remains independent and strong enough to contest and win future elections without external backing.

Factional National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, told the aforementioned publication that  LP “has not had any discussion with anybody,” stressing that “politics is dynamic, but today, the Labour Party is solely standing on its own because we believe that any candidate we field can win the election in 2027.”

“We did that in 2023, and we can do it again. However, there is no automatic ticket for any aspirant,” he said.