No merger with PDP, Atiku – LP

The Labour Party (LP) has said there is no merger plan between the party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

In a statement on Thursday, spokesman of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, said such reports is mere sensation and should be disregarded by Nigerians.

“It is purely a news item twisted and sensationalized by a section of the media to embarrass the Labour Party. A news organisation called for a reaction as regards to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s proposal for opposition political parties to work together to fight against one party system in Nigeria being planned by the APC.

“In my reaction, I said that it was only a proposal and every Nigerian should be interested in making democracy work in Nigeria and that what we have presently is an autocracy. There was no where in the response that the purported merger between LP and PDP was mentioned.

“The Labour Party has just concluded the 2023 general election episode and a post mortem is yet to hold, therefore the way forward for the party has not been discussed. When we do, Nigerians will be properly informed,” Ifoh said.