Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has blamed the administration of President Bola Tinubu for the ongoing leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party, alleging that the turmoil was both “instigated and sustained” by the current government.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday, Obi expressed deep concern over what he described as a growing culture of “propaganda and lies” in Nigeria’s political landscape.
“This is what you get always in Nigeria,” Obi said. “We now live in a country of propaganda and lies – and they manufacture it.”
He asserted that the internal wrangling within the Labour Party was not organic but deliberately engineered by external forces from the ruling administration. “The problem we have in Labour Party is a problem instigated and sustained by the government of today,” he emphasized.
The former Anambra State governor also criticized certain actions within the party, referencing a situation where the party’s national chairman allegedly insulted a sitting state governor. “You have a party chairman who calls a state governor a dwarf and [speaks of] dwarf thinking… So we’re not sincere with ourselves.”
Obi maintained that despite being labeled as weak, the issues within the party are bigger than any one individual. “Okay, I’m weak, but it’s not weak. Is every other person there weak?”
He concluded with a warning that the ruling government appears determined to sow discord across all sectors of Nigerian society, even within families. “They are trying to put problems everywhere,” he said.
What you should know
Peter Obi blames President Tinubu’s administration for fueling the Labour Party’s leadership crisis, claiming it’s a deliberate tactic rooted in propaganda and manipulation.
