The Labour Party (LP) is making preparations for a potential rerun election, according to Obiora Ifoh, the National Publicity Secretary of the party.
Ifoh stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has already begun preparations for a rerun, so it is necessary for the LP to do the same.
LP’s national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, is aware of the situation and has called on the party’s over 10 million members to be prepared to humiliate the APC and its government in the polls.
“Rumours have it that those in government are already planning for a rerun, and this is one of the support we will be canvasing from you.
“We should also be getting prepared because since all those in government are already preparing for a rerun, we, too, should not be taken unawares.
“So we will need your engagement and support on this aspect if par adventure it happens today, that the election is nullified, which is not what we are asking for because we are asking for an outright declaration of Peter Obi as the President of Nigeria.
“We believe strongly that we won that election given the statistics we have, given the result we have, we are not expecting anything less than the declaration of Peter Obi as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“But supposing that didn’t happen as the government is believed to be planning for a rerun, it will not also be out of place for us to prepare for a rerun election.”
While the LP believes they won the previous election and expects a favorable outcome from the presidential election petition tribunal, they are also preparing for a rerun election in case the government’s plans come to fruition.
“Having said this by the side, I must say clearly that we have put all our evidences before the court; we are very hopeful that the tribunal will act in our favour.
“And we are very hopeful that supposing the matter gets to the higher court, the Supreme Court, in this case, it will also act in our favour. We are keeping our hope and confidence alive,”tThe statement added.
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