We’re not merging with any political party, says LP

The Labour Party on Thursday urged Nigerians to disregard the news making around that the party is merging with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in dislodging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is not in its plan to merge with any party ahead of the 2027 general elections.

It would be recalled that the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, suggested that opposition parties need to merge to defeat the ruling APC in the next presidential poll.

However, Obiora Ifoh, the LP’s spokesman, while reacting to Atiku’s suggestion in a statement on Thursday said the party has not discussed any merger

Ifoh said Atiku’s call “was only a proposal and every Nigerian should be interested in making democracy work in Nigeria and that what we have presently is an autocracy”.

“There was nowhere in the response that the purported merger between LP and PDP was mentioned,” Ifoh emphasised.

Meanwhile, the APC faulted Atiku’s merger plan saying he was still struggling to come to terms with reality after his loss at the presidential poll

In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka said the PDP should focus on resolving its internal party crisis.