treatise:

I never liked Tinubu's persona right from the time he was a governor till now but it appears he's focused on remedying years of mailase. Put differently, he's on a redemptive mission judging from recent policy blueprints and actions.

jogojogo:

A party of people living in delusion
As much as I mock them for the crises, I pray they get strong because the stronger they get, the better for APC. That's all they are good for. Nothing more aside narcism

RecentHistory:


Go and ask the idiot called Peter Obi how many World class hospitals he built in Anambra. This is a failure who doctors were on strike for more than a year when he was Governor.

Obi is a failure and you Ipob Obidients have failed in your plot to foist that nonentity on Nigerians.

shortgun:
Why didn't he help other nollywood actors who are critics. He's doing this because Zack oji is his supporter in Nollywood.
Tinubu is a bitter vindictive person

Tinubu is occupying the office of the president, anyone in that office is forbidden from showing preference and biases.

Kuginzi:
By Ayoola Olasupo

Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Ayo Olorunfemi, shares his views with AYOOLA OLASUPO on the call for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, the persistent crisis in the party, among other issues

After the 2023 general elections, the Labour Party has been facing a leadership crisis to date. In your assessment, what do you think is the cause of the crisis?

I’d like you to know that the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are not the only political parties to reckon with, and the Labour Party being very strong was being used for politics by some of the people that claim ownership. It has never been used by the platforms. It has never been supported by the platforms.

When I talk about platforms, I mean the labour movement and we have people in the labour movement who are in the APC holding very high positions. A former NLC president who happens to be the progenitor who signed to form the Labour Party was a governor on the platform of the APC; he was also the national chairman of the APC. He never believed in the Labour Party. If he believed in it, he wouldn’t have left the LP and be contesting and using the heads of Labour to fester his interest in the APC.

You will recall that Olusegun Mimiko also contested on the platform of the LP; he won the election twice and became the governor. Mimiko wasn’t a Labour person per say, aside from being a student unionist in his university and student executive union during his university days, but he used the LP and won elections on that platform. We expect that being an LP governor and Adam Oshiomole being the president of the NLC before becoming governor of Edo State, the two of them would have cooperated with the Labour governor to also possibly defect to that party so that they would have two governors, instead, he was given the Labour governor folder until he was frustrated out of the party and that marked the end of the successes recorded during the Mimiko era.

Now, we felt that the LP should not just be like this. How can Mimiko be perching with chickens and hens on the ground? So, we decided at the level of the TUC youth to form a political commission, and that came as a result of the complaint that had become the deficit of governance; I mean leadership in governance and all of those and the attendance effects on workers’ welfare.

We felt that instead of going out there all the time picketing, going on strike, demonstrating, and all of that every time, why not take the instrument of governance? Let’s take the instrument of power and I mean take over the government and provide a socialist leadership. A government that is socially oriented will provide all the needs of Nigerian workers, whether organised or unorganised. That formed the basis upon which the political commission was created and when that happened, I was the chairman of that political commission.

Are you talking about the Nigerian Labour Congress Political Commission?

I’m talking about the Trade Union Congress. That was under Quadri Olaleye, and we decided and set out our plan, which was fully supported by the TUC under Olaleye at that time. It was fully supported, and we were able to organise programmes aimed at sensitising Nigerian workers and the crisis between the LP and the NLC. We went into it and of course, because the NLC saw that we were serious about it, they allowed reconciliation to take place and that also brought succour to the crisis that was on the ground, and we went into the 2023 election with one force even though our presidential candidate was not fully supported by the NLC because the Adam Oshiomole factor in the NLC is very strong.

As of that time, the chairman of the NLC Political Commission was a member of the APC and is still a member as we speak. Of course, he was a member of the campaign committee. Isa Aremu is also a very strong person in the NLC even though he claimed to be an LP member until his name was conspicuously written in the campaign committee of Bola Tinubu. So, the support was not coming but Nigerians did their best considering the integrity of the candidates that the LP brought, and we shook the system as a matter of fact, we believed we won that election, but the judiciary stole it from us. We want to believe that corruption stole that election from us.

So, why are these things happening?

On why these things are happening, they never believed LP could move the way it moved. They never believed in the strength of LP. The people who believe and have been claiming that they held the power of the LP seem to have lost it. The NLC seems to have lost that power, and for the very first time, we give the ruling party a run for their money. So, you will not expect the ruling party to keep quiet. They are the ones behind all of this animosity going on in the party.

Why did you say the APC is behind the crisis in your party?

All the cases against Abure, all the allegations, none of them can be substantiated. We got information that before 2027, there’ll be no more Labour Party. So, we are prepared. That is why we will be challenging all those things headlong to ensure that the LP remains one formidable political party.

Considering what is happening in the party, how can the issue be resolved?

Well, the structure of the party is intact. The National Working Committee is fully on the ground. The NEC, that’s the chairman, and the state secretaries of the 36 states of the federation are also on the ground. We are together. All of us are together and we are in this together. Some people call themselves the ‘Obidient’ group, who are also fighting to get the soul of the party, and we are not against them. It is a democratic system. We are not opposed to people coming in and showing ambition that they want to be the chairman, or they want to be anything in the political party, but you have to start from where you are supposed to start.

You can’t just come into the party and want to take the soul of the party at the national level. We have local governments, and you have to be known in your ward. If you are not known in your ward, how do you want to become a national figure in the political party? As I speak to you, I represent the TUC in the political party. I’m fully known in my ward, from my unit to my ward to the local government and the state.

So, if anybody wants to be anything in the party, you first need to be known as a politician. Of course, politics is local, and we can’t just make you anything if you are useless at your local government level or your ward. You won’t be able to win your unit. All of those things are coming, and we have been explaining to them, and some of them are showing understanding while those who have a different agenda are not showing understanding.

There is a suggestion that the judiciary shouldn’t be allowed to make decisions in post-election matters and that it has become a general profile of the judiciary to avert the course of justice. How will you react to that as regards the 2023 general election?

From what we saw at the Presidential Tribunal up to the Supreme Court where vital issues were not even mentioned in the judgment, it is just more or less like sweeping them under the carpet. I don’t think we should be talking about the judgment that was there long ago, but the fact remains that the confidence of the public on the judiciary is gradually or vastly eroded. I think the judiciary would have to rebuild the confidence in such a manner that they will now have to regain the confidence of the people otherwise they won’t trust them because, in a situation whereby the judiciary cannot have a say in an electoral process, it is unacceptable. I don’t think it is okay.

Maybe what we should be talking about is reform, looking at the recruitment process of the judiciary. Should the President have an approving authority on the appointment of the Chief Justice of the Federation? Should it not be the Senate that should approve such an appointment? Once you say the President should approve, then it means the President has an overriding power over another arm of government, which should not be. Where then lies the separation of power? So, the President should not be the one to approve who becomes the Senate President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. That is the legislative arm.

Why should he (President) be the one to approve the appointment of a judge? I mean the Chief Justice of the Federation or any appointment for that matter in the judiciary; he shouldn’t be the one. Apart from appointing a Minister for Justice, the Attorney General of the Federation should be appointed differently. So, these are my simple ways of introducing reforms into the judiciary so that whoever is the Chief Judge will not depend on the President.

Of course, if the President approves their appointments, the current Chief Justice or the previous Chief Justice will have to be loyal to the President because he’s the one who appointed them. If he is the one who will approve the appointment, he is the one who has appointed them. Others conducted the interview, so to speak and the Managing Director approved the appointment, and the letter was issued. So, the Managing Director is the superior here and you owe allegiance to your Managing Director. If the President will continue to be the one to approve the appointment of a CJN, then we have not started. Our democratic system is still very sick.

Do you also subscribe to the claim that the entire disagreement in LP is being sponsored by some people to cause trouble?

Of course, that’s obvious. But we heard the information that some powerful people within the ruling government have vowed that the Labour Party must be scattered. We have that information, and we are prepared for it. We are truly prepared for this and that is why we are still on our feet as we speak.

From the information you got, do you suspect anybody?

Of course, we do suspect the APC. They are the ones behind all of this. We suspect that they are the one. Who has been challenging the APC? Is it not the LP? We have the arbitral threat. From the last election, ,but they fear the LP’s popularity. Now is the beginning of wisdom for the APC. So, they will do everything possible. We know their profile; we know their antecedents. They don’t believe in due process and orderliness; they don’t believe in morality and the fear of God. They don’t believe in all of those.

They got to where they are now by all the available crooked means, including unnecessary protests in Lagos State whereby they were killing cows every day to feed people to protest against the removal of subsidy, but they were the first to remove the subsidy. That was the first agenda. They removed the subsidy. So, who was gaining from the payment of subsidy before now? Who has been the gainer? And why is it (subsidy) now being removed after you protested so vehemently and deceived Nigerian workers into protesting? All of them now are speaking in tongues. They can no longer talk. We know their stock in trade. We understand their antecedents. We know they are the ones that are doing all of these things.


https://punchng.com/apc-afraid-of-labour-partys-popularity-deputy-national-chair/

makemoneywbsite:
These men understood the ingenuity of the IBO's and used them as the bulwark of their economic policies.

Immediately Buhari and Tinubu grabbed power, they thought they could do without the IBO's....

Party scatter.

Otolomo1:
You people are just dwarf in reasoning.
In what way has Jonathan survive?
You mean people are not crying at his own time?
Abi there is no suffering then?
Nothing like Boko Haram then?
No corruption then?
No increase of petroleum then?
No inflation ?
You people are just think from your bottom, how will you said someone that lost election perform. Does Jonathan live service the way he wanted?
He was chase out with vote.
People are not satisfied with his government that is why they chase him out with vote. Abi they rig the election? Just give me excuse why he loose election.
My brothers and sisters, Nigeria problem start laying concrete during the era of OBJ, it was officially build during JONATHAN ... stop playing game of saint in this problem, dollar doesn't start rising yesterday,Petrol doesn't start increasing yesterday.

omoredia:



Why not compare him to ur Tinubu that has failed beyond anything. This hunger wey don affect ur brain will surely take u to the grave oo lol

Nackzy:
Audio, any policy that doesn't have positive effect on it's citizens is null and void

stepaside1:
HE Gov Alex Otti was once in the APC where he sought a platform to become Abia State Governor. He eventually got it under the Labour Party platform. I urge LP to do all it can to make him their National Leader else I won't be surprised if he defects to the APC at some point.

omoredia:
Alex Otti is a big headache for corrupt and intending corrupt Nigerian leaders. He has dispelled the preposterous yet widely held belief that sterling leadership will always be beyond reach, and as such, it should be okay to settle with mediocre leaders.

Arostar2023:
It is now very obvious that some people are really scared of Peter Obi. All these sponsored attack won't change anything...does Reno Omokri care about LP? No. Does Daniel Bwala care about LP? No. So why all the fuss about happenings in LP? Some folks are out to cut down Peter Ob's popularity by all means.

Ance4Liverpool:
Peter obi matter will give soo many pple HBP B4 2027. Even if he moves to dvd party am with him bcs i no his potentials

Oluseyi001:
Daniel Bwala, has taken to IG to troll Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In a post shared on his Twitter handle, Bwala shared a video of Peter Obi vowing never to leave APGA and he likened him to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Ojukuwu, Atiku. Posting the video, Bwala wrote



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Ofunaofu:


Tinubu is president and has run the entire country aground, turning it into the world's largest IDP camp.

But you all are so fixated on Peter Obi, getting yourselves worked up on what he said or didn't say. 

IfnobeGod20:

You know the joy over all these things. If he has committed such big infractions, he should have had his days with EFCC or ICPC but till date the antigraft agencies had not deem it fit to investigate him or sue him but your lords that you hail day and night had had their days in courts severally. That pocket of people malign his person that doesn't make it real. Tinubu has been maligned and talked against but at that he has had his days in courts for all that have been said of him both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. But why is it difficult for antigraft agencies doing same with Obi both in foreign land and Nigeria. The reason been, they've searched him and found nothing incriminating in him but if you think they have not done what is required, you can make yourself available as star witness at the EFCC or ICPC, so that a refresh case will be opened against him, instead of this roforofo gist without root.
Obi is not like your ojelu politicians that have eaten your next generation patrimony but you take desire to hail and hail till date. E ma se binu ologo, won kin binu ologo, nitori Olorun oba lo nsogo.

TopBanter:


Indeed. Below, culled from the article, shows Obi is ready to flee Labour in search of a new lover.



Obi is like an unprincipled whores instantly seeking new lovers when the slightest thing go wrong because he has no leadership talent to excel at building or leading Political Party

He is finished.

onatisi:

That is just politics . I'm the game of political business, there are no permanent friends just permanent interest. Peter Obi will go to any party where his interest will be protected and achieved

erniok:

Maybe he was advised and maybe not. His character here is out of tune with a typical nigerian politician who would loved to be hero worshipped and who throw his weight behind anyone who does so.

Wainey:
just because we share differet political ideology doesn't mean we don't feel remorse for the country.
Stop wanking on Obi. He is not different from the other politicians

Ofunaofu:


Look at the Monika he even chose and he is calling another dumb

True say mad man no dey shame, na him relatives dey shame on his behalf

Tinubu have successfully raised an army of incoherent homosapiens

Tinubu have run the country aground but they are so fixated on Peter Obi said or didn't say

djon78:



But he stole Enugu blind and was harassed by EFCC
Lots of the assets he acquired were seized


That's the kind of Man you call your hero

That's why you guys will keep on beating around the Bush chasing rats and rodents

Eriokanmi:
Dey play. Obi will never be involved in any unconstitutional arrangements. When they linked abure to corruption, you guy's target had always been PO before you shifted the goalpost.

Hope you're aware that INEC also didn't recognise the said convention and the elections that followed. I hope Obi mata no go give all of you Hayes HBP one day. Abure will end up being expelled from that party.

jaxxy:



u mean to say Labour party doesn't care about Nigerians just their pockets now and Obi doesn't subscribe to that because he cares deeply about Nigeria and Nigerians?



If only tinubu can be half the man Peter Obi is Nigeria would be redeemable.

Abure wants to turn Labour party into apdp political whores where highest bidder takes all bt Peter Obi said no let the right thing be done.

iyohagodfrey:
Gbam! E don set. I'm a Benin man. If them like, let them be singing with the Oba's name, that will not help them. They have eaten Akpata's money during their primary election and they're still ready to eat more of his money when campaigns start. Thank God he has a deep pocket

chopnaira:
One Obidient asked him to amend the constitution when he comes president (dictatorship and fascist style ).

Peter Obi replied with a few incoherent words and suddenly stopped speaking halfway through his speech for like 7 seconds ..then he suddenly started speaking again and danced around the question and eventually said it depends on the presidency and that he has to set good example 😂

He could have just said that would have to though the legislature.. Honestly, the man is not very bright

Ofunaofu:
Look at how Agbadorians and Bulabans are so glued to Peter Obi's opinions, conversations, and discussions with the Obidients movement and Nigerians at large.
Just to hear Peter Obi speak

When will Tinubu engage Nigerians, or at the very least, engage Agbadorians and Bulabans in meaningful conversations and discussions like Peter Obi is doing? 

rinzaugustine:
This is akin to wishing an armed robber a happy birthday

Chukwuka319:
😂😂😂 Ndi ala Biafra,Ijaws have warned you idiots yet again about excluding them from the delusional Biafra.
Like Cownu, like Ekpa,two deranged animals claiming Igbos are being forced against their will to be part of Nigeria,yet trying to force ethnic minorities in the South to be part of the delusional Biafra.
Lol!.

seborrhic:
Rubbish.
Tinubu's incompetence has nothing to do with his old age.
Also being young is NEVER a guarantee of success in leadership,ANYWHERE,in the world,talkless of Africa where institutions are run at the whims and caprices of the man at the top.
Yahaya Bello was also in his 40's when he became governor,he was a disaster.
Also going by this your line of thought,Peter Obi should not be contesting for the presidency since he is in his 60's.
So,we should vote in the likes of Sowore just because he is relatively a younger man?Then disaster awaits you.
Finally,this Senegalese president just ascended office.Let him prove himself because it's easy to say all the right things when contesting or not in office,but when you get in and now have power,things change,in Africa,particularly.
The person you seem to be praising now,don't be surprised when his tenure ends,he would be scheming to change the constitution to extend his stay in office.

NOwazobia:
I don't like Tinubu, but making leadership all about age is not smart.


Age doesn't absolve one from corruption.


Both the old and young steal.


Same way age doesn't translate to brilliance.


We have dumb youths, also dumb old people.


Leadership is the will to govern, and govern with empathy, integrity and for the common good of the people, which doesn't require that one must be of particular age before it is possible.


My choice of leadership is as long he/she is strong and healthy (though old age is prone to bad health, but not necessarily is), with the requisite leadership qualities, he should be given a chance.