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The internal crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) took a dramatic turn on Thursday as one of its factional national chairmen, Callistus Okafor, announced his exit from the party.

Okafor cited unresolved leadership tussles and disappointment with the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Okafor, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, said the decision followed extensive deliberations by his faction’s National Working Committee and National Executive Council.

“My team and I had carefully looked at what is happening in the Labour Party, including the crises that have been going on for seven years, and wondered how long it will continue,” he said.

He claimed to be leaving with an estimated five million ers and declared his new destination to be Team Wazobia Nigeria, a socio-political and non-partisan movement.

“I hereby stand today to announce to Nigerians and all the Labour Party faithful who are under my own faction that we are pulling out today as a team,” he said.

“We are moving from the Labour Party to Team Wazobia Nigeria. This crisis has come to a point where it’s no longer healthy in the Labour Party.”

Okafor blamed Obi for failing to resolve the lingering leadership crisis, saying his inaction raised questions about his capacity to govern a country like Nigeria.

“When His Excellency Peter Obi ed us in 2022, what did he do? He ed Abure, who has become his archenemy today.

He ed him in everything he did despite the warning by our former National Treasurer, Ms Oluchi Opara, about his several embezzlements of Labour Party money,” he said.

“This is the time for reality. So, if he can’t govern the Labour Party, for me, he can’t govern Nigeria. And that is why I have to leave.”

Okafor ruled out returning to the Peoples Democratic Party, saying, “You can see their governors and National Assembly defecting every day into APC. What it means is that APC is the appealing party as of today.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/peter-obi-cant-lead-nigeria-lp-factional-chairman-says-as-he-dumps-party/

Such statements means only one thing Ruling party is sponsoring crisis

All these polithiefcian!
Making comments that will benefit their selfish interests

The moment thier self pocket interest is not guaranteed anymore they start saying all this things. If he had his pocket fiiled and assured with some hard currencies from the parties coffers you won't hear him talk like this.

The APC is the one heavily bankrolling and bribing these people to defect.

We it was never this worse

All this thing tinubu dey do won't stop him from being returned to iragbinji or lag... SEE AS HUNGER HOLD EVERYBODY FOR NECK. EVEN MAD PEOPLE GO FOLLOW VOTE Out T-PAIN COME 2027

Slytiger:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/peter-obi-cant-lead-nigeria-lp-factional-chairman-says-as-he-dumps-party/

Even leading ordinary LP as a political party, Peter Obi is still horrible in doing that.

Wondering how horrible and terrible he would be with governance

What's happening to all these defections

We dey watch as the movie goes on and on


Price of Rice don come down sha

Peter obi made LP to have a name...now watch as your party gets destroyed.

Hunger Bad

Lmaooo So even unknown HEYWUS still wan use Obi propaganda shine 🤣🤣🤣

30k a month to dematket obi worth it? Search your conscience

helinues:
Even leading ordinary LP as a political party, Peter Obi is still horrible in doing that.

Wondering how horrible and terrible he would be with governance

mamaafrik:
The APC is the one heavily bankrolling and bribing these people to defect.

We it was never this worse

so person wey get bank cannot bankroll,all the money you people contributed for him during campaign,where is the .

My sincere condolences to hoebidients.

Please cry less.

Lapinski:
30k a month to dematket obi worth it? Search your conscience

How is that your life's headache or are you envying the pay?

Well, Peter Obi has the Obidients Movement solidly behind him. We're ready to stay with him to power any structure he wants to launch from.

A New Nigeria Is Possible In Our Time.

These drug lord hyenas totally want to destroy any form of opposition in Nigeria thereby indirectly calling for anarchy

Oakenshield:
Such statements means only one thing Ruling party is sponsoring crisis

Na wa oh. Did you not read that the issue has been ongoing for 7 years ? Of what importance was LP 7 years ago . Very easy to deflect and not focus on the incompetent leadership of Peter Obi . I can assure you that an Atiku would have done a much better job in LP .

So every time someone exits a party, Peter Obi must be the scapegoat? Interesting logic.
If internal party drama is the new yardstick for presidential capacity, then 99% of our politicians should quit now.
Let’s stop playing 'blame and exit'. Nigeria needs leaders, not drama kings.

Leadership is not a skill ur aquire through skills acquisition center it's a talent forge through pains, dedication, equity, sacrifice, even at ur own detriment. Peter Obi may be a good man but he's not a leader. As for the follower's most of their loyalty is monetize.

helinues:
Even leading ordinary LP as a political party, Peter Obi is still horrible in doing that.

Wondering how horrible and terrible he would be with governance

Leading a party and leading a country are two distinct concepts.

Obidients,,How market ?

helinues:
Even leading ordinary LP as a political party, Peter Obi is still horrible in doing that.

Wondering how horrible and terrible he would be with governance

Definitions of leadership by diverse Nigerians is different, even from our origins.

One is rooted in authoritarian power, the other is rooted in democracy.

We all know the one where even the average man gets his say. That is true leadership.

ruggedtimi:
Leading a party and leading a country are two distinct concepts.

You can't manage your home as a father/husband but you want to be the marriage counsellor of a large church. How na?

Lets not deceive ourselves, Obi lacks conflict resolution and management skills and it's obvious even to the blind.

He ran way from APGA to PDP to LP and now he is hunting for his next destination instead of resolving issues amicably.

Such a man is unfit to handle the affairs of big nation with several conflicting interests. People management skills no be by cho cho cho. It's either you have it or you lack it.

Oakenshield:
Such statements means only one thing Ruling party is sponsoring crisis

The former governor of kaduna said the same thing.

ruggedtimi:
Leading a party and leading a country are two distinct concepts.

if you can't lead a political party, then there is no need of making the attempt of leading a country.. what's the total number of the party executives that you can't lead over?

DesChyko:


Definitions of leadership by diverse Nigerians is different, even from our origins.

One is rooted in authoritarian power, the other is rooted in democracy.

We all know the one where even the average man gets his say. That is true leadership.

Peter Obi lacks conflict resolution skills

When APGA started having issue, Peter Obi ran away

When Pdp presidential ticket wasn't sure for Peter Obi, he fled instead of fighting

Now that he's feeling another heat from LP, is he also going to Usain Bolt?

Obi that cannot manage small party,how can he lead Nigeria

Wetin musa no go see for all this APC labourers !!!

LP have to be the most uselezz people in Nigeria. A party that has never been this important got its best moments by attracting Peter Obi, but messed it up. For the first time, it won several senate, HOR and HOA seats across the country.

Yet, they couldn't manage this small shine. Now that Peter Obi has decided to move on and find his square root elsewhere, they are visibly angry. Well, I totally understand this level of anger and frustration. You folks didn't have what it takes to manage this level of success.