Labour Party Faces More Downfall As Party Factional Leader Declares, Dumps Party Says “Peter Obi Can’t Lead Nigeria”

Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Callistus Okafor, has declared that the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, cannot lead Nigeria.

Okafor made the assertion on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja, where he also announced his official departure from the party.

He cited a long-standing leadership crisis within the LP and his deep disappointment in Obi’s failure to address it.

“My 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,” Okafor said.

He revealed that following extensive consultations with his faction’s National Working Committee (NWC) and National Executive Council (NEC), they resolved to exit the Labour Party and align with a new political movement, Team Wazobia Nigeria — described as a socio-political, non-partisan platform.

His words: “I 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.

“We are moving from the Labour Party to Team Wazobia Nigeria. This crisis has come to a point where it’s no longer healthy.”

Okafor did not mince words as he placed direct blame on Peter Obi, accusing him of failing to intervene meaningfully in the party’s internal wranglings.

He added, “Obi’s inability to resolve the leadership tussle raises serious questions about his readiness and ability to govern a complex country like Nigeria.”

According to Okafor, approximately five million supporters from his faction are exiting the Labour Party alongside him to join Team Wazobia.