LP denies any plan to merge with PDP

In response to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP’s suggestion that opposition parties unite in order to unseat the ruling APC in the upcoming presidential election, the LP took action.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) do not intend to combine in order to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the general elections of 2027, according to the former.

In a statement released on Thursday, LP spokesman Obiora Ifoh stated that his party had just wrapped up the 2023 presidential election episode and that a postmortem was still pending.

Ifoh stated that the party’s future has not yet been considered and that “Nigerians will be properly informed when we do.”

The LP was responding to a suggestion made by former vice president and PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar, who suggested that opposition parties unite in order to unseat the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) in the upcoming presidential election.

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On Tuesday, Atiku voiced his worries that Nigeria was heading towards a “one-party dictatorship” and urged the other opposition parties to unite in order to overthrow the APC, which is currently in power.

Atiku’s demand “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,” the Labour Party said in a statement on Thursday.

“The supposed merger between LP and PDP was not mentioned anywhere in the response.” Ifoh highlighted.

In addition, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked Atiku for the idea, claiming that the former vice president and his party had not only failed to win elections since 2015 but also had failed to present Nigerians with a strong enough alternative.