Senator Victor Umeh, Senator  representing Anambra Central, has said that those wooing Mr Peter Obi to abandon LP for another party in 2027 are “on a wide goose chase.”
The LP chieftain and former National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, who spoke with Vanguard during an extended stakeholders’ meeting of the LP in Umuahia, said Obi got much momentum in 2023 polls because of the platform provided for him by LP, hence, it would not be courteous of him to abandon the party.
He spoke on the heels of speculations that Obi is under pressure to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he might be given the ticket to contest against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with the full backing of PDP forces.
Senator Umeh said Obi would rather build and make LP more formidable ahead of 2027 than dump it.
He said: “ Wooing Peter Obi out of Labour Party will not be the right thing because LP gave him the limelight with which Nigerian people embraced him in the last election.
“So, whatever is happening is for him to build on the party and continue to make efforts to advance his interest. Those who are calling on him to abandon Labour Party may be on a wide goose chase”.
Senator Umeh lauded Obi and Governor Otti for their bold step towards repositioning LP by convening the Umuahia stakeholders meeting.
“We are happy that issues affecting the party have been addressed. No organization would like to operate with a leadership that is a suspect or not recognized. We were concerned about how our last National Working Committee, NWC, was not recognized by INEC, and that was why we came to correct things.
“It was obvious that its tenure had elapsed, so, it will be foolhardy for us to continue with them because you cannot build on a faculty foundation.”