Peter Obi is a man of tall reputation, won’t return to Labour Party – Former lawmaker

A former lawmaker who represented Abia Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, Darlington Nwokocha has said that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party will not return to the party.

Nwokocha, the Acting National Secretary described Obi as a man of tall reputation who would not think of returning to the party.

Recall that Obi had in December 2025, dumped the Labour Party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Nwokocha’s remark is a sequel to a gesture offered to the former governor by his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.

Baba-Ahmed had, upon Obi’s exit said that, the former presidential candidate is always welcome to the party.

However, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Nwokocha said, while there is the possibility of a reconciliation between the two factions of the party, Obi’s presidential candidacy for LP is now a mirage.

“If he (Julius Abure) repents, if he behaves well. If he behaves well, but with all this kind of rascality, these are not the kind of people we want in the kind of characters we want in the party. No, you must be gentle, you must be calm, you must be intelligent, you must be sound. You must be quite presentable in all spheres.

“So trying to jump the fence or sending people jumping the fence or pulling down this, that, that is- it’s an outdated style of politics,” Nwokeocha said.

Asked whether the leadership and members of the Labour Party miss the former governor, Nwokeocha replied, “Why not? He was our leader. We respect him a lot, a whole lot. But all the same, you know, before he left, he considered so many things.

“And like I told you last time, he considered so many things. He’s a man with a tall reputation, and with that, I’m not sure he can come back because Peter is not that kind of a person, he won’t come back?” Nwokocha queried.

Speaking further the former lawmaker said, “Peter Obi is forever gone from the Labour Party.”

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