Peter Obi nonetheless in Labour Party, says Obidient Motion chief

The Nationwide Coordinator of the Obidient Motion Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has affirmed that former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, stays a member of the Labour Party, regardless of speculations about his defection.

Tanko dismissed claims that Obi has joined the Social Democratic Party, stating that such rumours are unfounded.

Talking on Channels Tv’s Morning Temporary programme on Monday, Tanko stated the management of the Labour Party will quickly make clear its place following the latest Supreme Court docket ruling that sacked Julius Abure because the occasion’s nationwide chairman.

“As I communicate to you proper now, there may be going to be a gathering presumably inside the week by the leaders of the occasion to make elementary positions clear to everybody, and in step with the place of the Supreme Court docket ruling and that after all will put the entire matter to relaxation,” he stated.

Tanko insisted that Obi has not left the Labour Party, including, “So far as I’m involved, His Excellency Peter Obi is a member of the Labour Party. It stays so till when there may be some other factor that will come up.”

His response follows an announcement by the previous SDP presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, who claimed that Obi and former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are in talks with the SDP forward of a doable defection.

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