{"id":115234,"date":"2024-04-07T22:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-have-no-plans-to-leave-labour-party-peter-obi"},"modified":"2024-04-08T00:30:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:30:52","slug":"i-have-no-plans-to-leave-labour-party-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-have-no-plans-to-leave-labour-party-peter-obi","title":{"rendered":"I have no plans to leave Labour Party \u2013 Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has reaffirmed his commitment to the party, dismissing rumors of an imminent departure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the internal crisis rocking the party, Obi affirmed that he has no intentions of leaving anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>He also declared that he is not in any way desperate to be Nigeria\u2019s President at any point in his life.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke while fielding questions from journalists in Bauchi on Sunday shortly after commissioning a hand pump for water supply in Sabon Layi community, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>Obi said, \u201cI am not thinking of 2027, my concern for now is how to improve the living standards and conditions of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody should be talking about politics now, the focus should be on good governance that will make Nigeria better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the internal crisis rocking the opposition party, the former Anambra governor said, \u201cThe leadership crisis in the LP presently is not an abnormal thing, it is an in-house problem and it will be solved amicably as a family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never thought of leaving the LP, I only advocated for peace because I am a man who believes in peace, I am a man who believes in unity, I am a man who believes that we are the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see any difference between you and me; by the grace of God I always want to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the reason I came here personally, I would have asked someone to represent me, no, I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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