http://www.newsportng.com.ng Flag bearer of the Labour Party, His Excellency, Peter Obi said his emergence will give Nigerians a new phase of hope, if he eventually win the 2023 presidential election, come 2023.
Obi made this known in Abeokuta earlier this week, while meeting with party leaders and members, said the ruling APC and the opposition, PDP have lost their Political relevance and will not be able to win the forth coming general elections.
Recalled that the former Governor of Anambra State, recently resigned his membership of the opposition party over what he termed as injustice, following the refusal to zone the 2023 presidency.
He noted that the parties APC and PDP “have expired and lost their political relevance in the country.”
Speaking through his campaign Director General, Dr. Doyin Okupe, Peter Obi berated the PDP for being “unrighteous and unjust” by jettisoning the zoning arrangement of the party.
The Economist explained that those who opposed zoning in the PDP undermined the existence of the PDP and the violated the gentleman agreement of the founding fathers of the party.
Obi said, he is banking on Nigeria’s workforce, youths, market women to beat both the APC and the PDP at the 2023 general elections.
He said, “The PDP was a veritable party that was put together by our elders and leaders. Those who came yesterday and said rotation does not matter undermine the very essence of the existence of the PDP, the moment they took that step, the PDP stepped out of line of fortune, of future, of victory because it has become suddenly unrighteous and unjust.
“There is no unrighteous and unjust pillar that will stand. The PDP was a good platform, but it has expired. The APC was never a good platform, it is of no consequence. The two parties are out, these two parties have expired, they are not relevance to the new things that Nigerians and the youths are looking for.
“Labour party in the scheme of things is still a very small party, but we are not unaware of that before we moved here. But the Labour Party is a sleeping giant. The potential electorate reservoir of Labour Party is more than three times the membership of APC and PDP put together. NLC, TUC, NURTW, market women, professional bodies, students are all part of Labour Party.
“The NLC has a membership of about 5 million, the TUC has a membership of about 8 to 10 million, the number of students registered in the Federal universities is about 2.5 million, those who are not in the Federal universities are about 6.7 million, when you add all that together, you are looking at about 20 reserved voters that have direct affiliation with Labour Party.
“Our strategy will be to reawake the Nigerian workers. Nigeria is going to see something it has not seen before, we will beat APC and PDP pants down.” He added.