LP slams lawmaker-elect Ogah for praising Tinubu

Amobi Ogah, who will serve as a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party, has come under fire from the leadership of the party for a recent statement he made regarding President Bola Tinubu.

On Thursday, Ogah, a lawmaker who represents the Isuikwuato-Umunneochi Federal Constituency in Abia State, expressed his admiration for Tinubu, saying that he never knew Tinubu was so intelligent. Tinubu is the state governor of Abia.

The legislator made the statement not long after the president’s meeting with the newly elected representatives for the 10th Assembly, which took place at the State House.

He said:

“Today is the best day of my life. I am overjoyed to be an elected member and to be able to listen to my president speak. In point of fact, I had no idea that this individual possessed such a high IQ,” he stated.

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“I had no idea that this man is so well-equipped to serve this country in any capacity. I witnessed love, character, and charisma, as well as the conviction that Nigeria has the potential to become a better nation.

As a result, he gave the president his word that he would stand by him, stating that his loyalty would be to the country rather than to any particular political party.

Meanwile, on Friday in Abuja, a statement was issued with the title “Hon. Ogah’s position on President Tinubu’s leadership, personal not party position.”

Obiora Ifoh, who is currently serving as the party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, put his name to the statement.

At a time when the LP presidential candidate is fighting to reclaim his mandate before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, he believes that such a comment shouldn’t be coming from any member of the LP at all. He said this.

The following is an excerpt from the statement:

“The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to an interview granted by one of our members-elect for the House of Representatives, Hon. Amobi Ogah. In the interview, he expressed his satisfaction with the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and said that some of his colleagues have “agreed to go towards government decision” on the leadership of the 10th Assembly. The interview was granted by one of our members-elect for the House of Representatives.

“As an individual, he does not have the mandate to speak for the party, and as a result, he cannot claim to be standing on the platform of the Labour Party in order to do the same, giving views that are diametrically opposed to what the Labour Party stands for,” she said.

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Every testimony that has come out of the tribunal points to the fact that Labour Party clearly won the election but was cheated out of their victory. The Labour Party is currently in the tribunal hoping to retrieve our mandate, which was expressly given to our presidential candidate on February 25. “Every testimony that has come out of the tribunal points to the fact that Labour Party clearly won the election but was cheated out of their victory. We have not wavered in our conviction that right will ultimately prevail and that it will do so very soon.