We’re not interested in merger with PDP, others - Peter Obi

The Labour Party (LP) has urged Nigerians to disregard rumors that the party is negotiating a merger with another political party.

Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, announced this in an Abuja statement on Thursday.

Remember that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, previously called on opposition parties to join forces to prevent Nigeria from becoming a one-party state.

According to Ifoh, the story was twisted and sensationalized by a section of the media in order to embarrass the party.

"In my reaction, I said that it was only a proposal that every Nigerian be interested in making democracy work and that what we have now is an autocracy," he said.

"There was nowhere in the response that the purported merger between LP and PDP was mentioned," that's what he said.

Ifoh stated that the LP had just completed the 2023 general election episode and that a post-mortem would be held soon.

He said that the way forward for the party had not been discussed.

“When we do, Nigerians will be properly informed,” he said.