The Labour Party in Kogi State is being torn apart by tribal prejudice. The Party’s dilemma and the likelihood that Mr. Peter Obi, the Party’s presidential candidate, will carry the State in the 2023 election are examined in this story by DAILY POST.
The Labour Party, one of the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) rivals for the Kogi State governorship, has been steadily gaining support. However, it is currently entangled in a tribal dispute that is troubling.
A number of splits have developed inside the party, which may have an impact on how well they perform in the 2023 elections for both the Federal and State Governments.
DAILY POST gathered that the battle of who controls the party in Kogi State has taken a new twist as two major tribes feel cheated as it concerns the day to day running of the political affairs of the party in the State.
People from the Central part of Kogi State are alleging that the party members from the Eastern part of Kogi State have hijacked the Labour
Party. This is also the position of some aggrieved Labour Party members in the Western Senatorial Districts.
A party source, who never wanted his name mentioned, described the present leadership of the Labour Party, led by Hon. Suleiman Abdul Ahmed as the biggest scam of the century.
The source said, “The present leadership of Labour Party in Kogi State are jokers. They have already tribalized the Labour Party in Kogi. You can say anything because you don’t belong to their faction or tribe.
“I am not seeing our party making success with this development. I overheard the Chairman speaking at a press conference that the party is not divided. These are lies. He is running away from the truth. The Labour Party in Kogi State is now an ethnic agenda.
“Just look at the population of party officials that attended our presidential candidate rally on Tuesday held at the Confluence Stadium Lokoja. You would agree with me that only a few party officials loyal to the embattled Chairman were present. The National Secretariat should call the present leadership in Kogi to order before our party fails outrightly in the 2023 general election.”
