Members of the two largest parties in Nigeria: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC) in Imo North Senatorial District recently fused their structures into the Labour Party and pledged their loyalty and support to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party.
As a result of the fusion, no fewer than 2,000 people joined the Labour Party at a ceremony organised atUmuaro community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state.
A former Deputy Chief of Staff to a former governor of the state, Chikwem Onuoha, said that the decision was reached after an investigation revealed that Obi was the best presidential material among other presidential candidates.
Onuoha said that the APC and the PDP had mis-ruled Nigeria for 23 years, adding that it was time Nigerians voted Obi to rescue the country.
The APC chieftain said, “Today, the APC and the PDP are dead in Okigwe zone. We have resolved to collapse our structures in the zone into the Labour Party and to work for the victory of Peter Obi. Peter Obi symbolises the hope of the ordinary people of Nigeria.
Peter Obi is tested and trusted and he has the support of the people who vote during the election. Apart from Obi, we will vote LP all through. The Labour Party is for a mass movement. We are wiser and we want to take back our country.”
The President General of the Okigwe North Youth Progressive Forum, Chidinma Onyenagubo, said that his group was mobilising people to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards so as to vote for Peter Obi In 2023 election.
