Renowned Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi is set to slug it out with former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, for the presidential ticket of the Labour Party.
The party’s national convention is scheduled to hold on Monday (today).
Odunews.com had earlier reported that the former Anambra state governor decamped to the Labour Party to actualise his presidential ambition having faced stiff opposition from some quarters of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Prof. Utomi has been one of the most vocal voices in creating awareness on the need for a third force that will break the dominance of two major political parties in the country.
Reacting to the Labour Party presidential primary, Tanko Yunusa, head of affairs of NCFront, in a statement on Sunday by Bilkis Bello, spokesperson of the group, urged Nigerians to join the “ballot revolution of the working people” on the platform of LP.
“Tanko Yunusa, in company of other party chieftains and bigwigs also used the occasion to carpet the ‘cash and carry’ party primaries of the APC and PDP, describing it as corruptive and criminal, calling on the EFCC to immediately go after the candidates and delegates of the APC and PDP for destroying Nigeria’s electoral system and moral fabric,” the statement reads.
“The Front, while also applauding the bubbling political synergy between two leading presidential aspirants of the party, Peter Obi and Pat Utomi in the Labour Party, also condemned the activities of some disgruntled elements and sponsored agents by APC and PDP in the press, trying to create a false picture of incohesion in the party
“The movement, in the light of the crystallising rainbow coalition in Labour Party, also invited all well meaning Nigerians, including women, youths, physically challenged, the poor and the well-to-do, among others, to immediately join forces with the Labour Party to rescue Nigeria from the heightening insecurity and imminent collapse foisted by incompetent rulers of the country, currently trading in delegates all over the country.”
