Labour Party denies any merger talks with PDP

The Labour Party (LP) has refuted reports that it is in talks to combine with another political party, specifically the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to reports, Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate in the last election, urged a combination of opposition groups in order to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

However, Obiora Ifoh, the LP’s national press secretary, said in a statement on Thursday that rumors that the party was in merger talks were “twisted to embarrass the Labour Party.”

“Kindly disregard the sensational news making the rounds that suggests the Labour Party is working out a merger agreement with any other political party,” the message said.

“It is simply a news story that has been twisted and sensationalized by a section of the media in order to embarrass the Labour Party.”

“A news organization requested a response to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s proposal for opposition political parties to collaborate in order to combat the APC’s proposed one-party system in Nigeria.”

“In my response, I stated that it was only a proposal, and that every Nigerian should be interested in making democracy work in Nigeria, as we currently have an autocracy.”

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“The alleged merger between LP and PDP was never mentioned in the response.”

“Because the Labour Party has just finished the 2023 general election episode and a post mortem has yet to be held, the party’s future has not been discussed.” Nigerians will be adequately informed after we have done so.

“As a result, I urge Nigerians to disregard such and other twisted and sensational stories purportedly emanating from the Labour Party.” The party has an established platform via which it distributes information.”