{"id":163790,"date":"2025-05-23T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obi-cant-lead-nigeria-lp-factional-chairman-okafor"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:20:08","slug":"peter-obi-cant-lead-nigeria-lp-factional-chairman-okafor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-cant-lead-nigeria-lp-factional-chairman-okafor","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi can\u2019t lead Nigeria \u200a- \u200aLP factional chairman, Okafor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Labour Party, LP, factional National Chairmen, Callistus Okafor, has declared that the party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, cannot lead Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Okafor made this declaration on Thursday as he announced his exit from the party.<\/p>\n<p>He cited unresolved leadership tussles and disappointment with Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Okafor, said the decision followed extensive deliberations by his faction\u2019s National Working Committee and National Executive Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy team and I had carefully looked at what is happening in the Labour Party, including the crises that have been going on for seven years, and wondered how long it will continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, an estimated five million supporters are leaving with him, declaring his new destination to be Team Wazobia Nigeria, a socio-political and non-partisan movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hereby stand today to announce to Nigerians and all the Labour Party faithful who are under my own faction that we are pulling out today as a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are moving from the Labour Party to Team Wazobia Nigeria. This crisis has come to a point where it\u2019s no longer healthy in the Labour Party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Okafor blamed Obi for failing to resolve the lingering leadership crisis, saying his inaction raised questions about his capacity to govern a country like Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Labour Party, LP, factional National Chairmen, Callistus Okafor, has declared that the party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, cannot lead Nigeria. Okafor made this declaration on Thursday as he announced his exit from the party. He cited unresolved leadership tussles and disappointment with Peter Obi. 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