Labour Party dismisses stories of zoning presidential ticket

The management of the Labour Party says it has not zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South-East.

The get together’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, said this in an announcement issued in Abuja on Monday.

The Information Company of Nigeria stories that Ifoh was reacting to a report making the rounds that the get together had zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South-East.

The nationwide publicity secretary maintained that the get together had not and wouldn’t zone any of its positions to any geographical zone or particular person.

Ifoh clarified an announcement credited to the get together’s nationwide chairman, stating that Julius Abure was quoted out of context.

He stated that Abure’s assertion issued on Sunday, entitled “2027: Labour Party nonetheless accessible for Ndigbo to grasp presidency—Abure,” was not alluding to the get together zoning its 2027 ticket to the South-East zone.

Ifoh stated that the nationwide chairman solely suggested some Southeast members at a gathering that Ndigbo might nonetheless obtain the presidency in the event that they have been extra united and in a position to attain out to different teams.

He additionally said that Abure was attempting to say that the Labour Party was a veritable platform for the aspirations of the Ndigbo.

“Labour Party is a nationwide get together and has a big followership throughout the nation, and, due to this fact, the difficulty of zoning doesn’t come up.

“Within the 2023 basic elections, the get together received seats within the north and throughout the southern states, and we’re working onerous to surpass that achievement in future elections.

“Candidates for each place should emerge by extremely aggressive and democratic processes, because the get together’s structure doesn’t allow zoning.

“We, due to this fact, remorse the misinterpretation of the get together’s noble intention by a bit of the media. Our get together was quoted out of context,” he stated.

The nationwide publicity secretary, nonetheless, stated that they have been excited by the deluge of considerations raised by the general public over the misinformation.

“It clearly reveals the extent of affection and belief Nigerians have for the Labour Party and the way far they’re keen to help it within the activity of repositioning Nigeria and guaranteeing that democracy works once more in our expensive nation,” he stated.

Ifoh urged Nigerians to proceed to place confidence in the get together and to help it for the ‘big activity’ forward.

(NAN)