The Labour Party (LP) has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s offer to opposition governors to nominate individuals for ministerial and board appointments will not distract them from their goal of retrieving the mandate they believe was stolen from their presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said on Thursday that the party is aware of Tinubu’s “subtle moves” to break their ranks, but that they will not be swayed.
“We will not be swayed or distracted from our goal which is to retrieve our stolen mandate,” Ifoh said. “That is why we are before the Tribunal and have provided the necessary documents and arguments to buttress our case.”
Ifoh said that most Nigerians are with the LP and have seen through Tinubu’s “desperate attempts” to legitimise his victory.
“We can assure you that the majority of Nigerians are with us and have seen through all of the desperate attempts by the APC to legitimise what it is fully aware is a stolen mandate,” Ifoh said.
The LP’s statement comes after Tinubu reportedly asked opposition governors to nominate competent persons to serve on the boards and parastatals of Federal Government agencies which were dissolved last month.
The governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and other opposition parties are said to have been invited to a meeting with Tinubu on Thursday, where he made the offer.
