Presidential Tribunal: Labour Party Hints On Possible Alliance With PDP, NNPP, Others-Tanko
Labour Party has maintained there is a possible alliance between the party’s flagbearer Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party.
According to The Leadership reports, Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, in a recent interview with Channels Television on Monday, August 21, said the LP is not ruling out a “working alliance” with other political parties.
Tanko said the Labour Party is speaking with other political parties of like minds, adding that “merger is out of the question.
“So, when you talk about the discussion of possible working alliance with the political parties – very true, that is very possible.
“Discussions with political parties of like minds that believe in the ideology and principle of the Labour Party is a welcome development,” he said.
The spokesperson, however, refused to disclose the nature or outcome of discussions with other political parties in the move to wrestle power from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Earlier, a reports indicating that the likes of Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso are working on an alliance to wrest power from the ruling APC.
According to the report, the conversations between the trio have been ongoing in the background for a while.
As reported by ThisDay paper, it was gathered that the three leaders of the opposition party are looking at the possibility of an alliance which would enable them to present a formidable stand against the ruling APC.
Reports revealed that talks kicked off between Atiku and Kwankwaso and later transcended into a meeting between Obi and other stakeholders of the PDP.
ThisDay paper also confirmed that the three had agreed to wait for the tribunal’s verdict, which would be a determinant to trigger the next phase of the conversation between the three leaders of the opposition party.
Sources privy to the meeting revealed that the opposition leaders were optimistic that the tribunal would be “just and fair” in its verdict to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC.
The source also revealed that these leaders were hopeful that a rerun might ensue, which might likely trigger a merger to wrestle power from the APC and President Tinubu.
The source further confirmed that should the tribunal’s judgement goes in favour of the ruling party, they would need the option to resort to a merger for the 2027 presidential polls.
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