No Deal With Atiku, PDP – Labour Party Reacts

BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The Labour Party (LP) says it can only be in the naysayers’ Dreamland for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi to hold talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, on concession in the upcoming presidential polls in the country.

Consequently, the popular “Papa, Mama, Pikin” party has debunked claims of any engagement capable of throwing spanner in their works of coasting home to victory come February 25, 2023.

Head of Media, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade described as “totally false and baseless”, speculations in the public space that Obi was discussing with Atiku with a view to stepping down for him.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday in Abuja, Onifade said the LP candidate was not in any talks with Atiku or anyone else with a view to stepping down from a race in which Obi is the frontrunner

The statement issued by Onifade reads: “We have been inundated with inquiries about the claim of an ongoing discussion between our Presidential ticket and the camp of PDP’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

“For emphasis, we wish to repeat, as we have said all day, that the claim is totally false and baseless. We are not in any talks with Atiku or anyone else with a view to stepping down from a race in which we are the frontrunner.

“Peter Obi is in the contest to win in consonance with the aspiration of the majority of Nigerians who desire a New Nigeria devoid of lies, corruption, and selfish scheming.”