2023: 15 deregistered political parties form coalition to support LP candidates

The 15 political parties disqualified by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under the aegis of Coalition For Good Governance, have lent their support to the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, and his running mate, DATTI Yusuf.

The Network gathered that all the disqualified 15 former presidential candidates of the deregistered political parties and their supporters have joined the presidential candidature of Peter Obi, and the Labour Party (LP).

The Coalition said they are for the LP’s 2023 presidential candidate, to give more boost to the party’s candidates.

According to the Coalition in a statement, it was an agreement reached by the ‘Coalition For Good Governance’ made up of de-registered political parties, who have come together to throw their support to the party ahead of the 2023 elections.

The Coalition said they have no other option than to pull strength and power together for the LP and its presidential candidate, describing their actions as most credible.

In a statement jointly signed by the National Chairman, Coalition for Good Governance, Engr. Okey Chikwendu and its Secretary, Don Anthony Harmattan, said

the coalition has assessed the 15 presidential candidates and has come to the conclusion that their support was better for the Labour Party (LP) presidential and vice candidates.

The statement read in part: “the CGG on the 28th of July held a meeting in Abuja. It was well attended by the National Party Chairmen and former Presidential candidates of Deregistered political parties.

“They took very critical appraisals of all the current presidential contenders for the 2023 presidential elections and their vice-presidential candidates, the House unanimously voted Mr Peter Obi/ Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as the most credible among the candidates and as such resolved to support and work with them and their campaign group on the platform of Labour party.

“We, therefore, agreed to rebrand our offices nationwide as Campaign support offices for the project. Our structures all over the 36 States and 774 local government areas are henceforth required to support the Peter Obi/ Datti Baba-Ahmed ticket under Labour Party,’ the group said.

According to the statement, the Coalition said its support for the Labour Party was because it believed that the LP candidates are prepared to change the narrative from the bad experience Nigerians have been exposed to in recent times.

“Nigerians have had enough of the disunity, imminent disintegration, lingering ASUU strike, terrorist threats, killings, kidnappings, hunger, unemployment, unbearable petrol cost and scarcity, high electricity tariffs, its epileptic situation, rising food cost etc and the continued lack of resolve by the establishment to put an end to these crises.

“Therefore, we as leaders in mainstream politics in Nigeria wish to make clear that only an efficient, effective and credible candidate of renowned character can resolve most of Nigeria’s lingering problems and we, therefore, urge Nigerians to heed our advice and support our goals of returning Nigeria as the true giant of Africa and the production hub of West Africa,” the Coalition stated.