Ayo Olorunfemi, the deputy national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), says if Peter Obi leaves the party, it will “portray him as an opportunistic politician”.
According to NAN, the LP chieftain spoke in an interview on Sunday in Lagos.
Obi was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election. He finished third in the poll with 6,101,533 votes. Obi had left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join LP ahead of the presidential election.
Recently, there have been calls for Obi to return to the PDP with the 2027 election in view.
On April 21, Segun Sowunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said if Obi could poll six million votes under LP, “just imagine what he could achieve with 12 governors and a solid grassroots infrastructure”.
Reacting to the situation, Olorunfemi said the dilemma would reveal whether Obi “truly believed in the ideology of the Labour Party”.
He advised Obi to “use his tongue to count his teeth,” stay in LP and restore peace in the party ahead of the 2027 election.
“It will tell whether he truly believed in the ideology of the Labour Party before coming to run, or he just wanted to use the opportunity of the platform,” the LP chieftain said.
“So, it will now be left for Nigerians to decide whether Obi, who got millions of votes under the Labour Party, can still be voted for under the PDP or another party.
“He (Obi) must use his tongue to count his teeth. If I were him, what I would be doing now is working to restore peace in the Labour Party and rebuild it.
“He should find a way to resolve the issues in the party and remain on the platform. He should remain in the party and restore peace. He should stay and resolve the crises he and others created in LP.
“Moving around will portray him as an opportunistic politician, not different from these politicians jumping here and there.”
