A chieftain of the Labour Party and director of Mobilisation and Contact in Diaspora, Chief Patrick Eholor, has expressed dismay over the inability of the party’s 2023 presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi to resolve the intractable leadership crisis that has continued to plague the party.
He said the lack of interest to call a spade a spade especially in the face of the allegations against the national chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure speaks volume wondering why Obi had not waded into the crisis to save the party.
Speaking at the weekend, Eholor said, “Peter Obi has his own tricks on his sleeves that’s why he is afraid to either condemn Abure or address the matter because of his 2027 ambition. I say that categorically without apologies.
“Labour Party (LP) has its own peculiar problem. Its problem has to do with the leadership. The likes of Peter Obi got the party ticket on a platter of gold. If you can’t fix your political party and you continue to sleep with Abure on the same bed with all the allegations within and outside your party, how can we now trust you that you will be able to manage the affairs of Nigeria? If you can’t trust a messenger, how do you now trust his message?
“I sacrificed a lot for Peter Obi and Ahmed Datti. I know my contribution financially and emotionally. I also know the risk that I have taken so far to ensure that Peter Obi becomes the president of this country. Unfortunately, we were ‘rigged out’.”
On his assessment of President Tinubu’s almost one year in office, Eholor said, “I will give President Tinubu a score of 3 out of 10 which is not a pass mark. Tinubu and Shettima don’t know what’s priority. As a leader of a nation of over 200 million people, you would have known that Education is the right of a nation.
“How will any responsible government budget N90 billion for some people to go and do a religious ritual in Mecca while giving students who are the light of the nation a N5 billion grant? You finance religion with N90 billion and neglect the hospital, infrastructure, electricity and educational sector. It means the government has failed.”
Talking about the LP flagbearer in the forthcoming governorship poll in Edo State, Barrister Olumide Akpata, Eholor stated that “those who have been financing the Labour Party in Edo State in the years past not done one percent of what Akpata is doing today. His friends all over the world are assisting him with funds to build the LP.”