Why Peter Obi Is Meeting With Nigerians Abroad – Labour Party

The Labour Party (LP) has debunked reports making the rounds that its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was seeking foreign funding for his campaigns.

Naija News reports that some Nigerians have slammed Peter Obi for touring foreign countries to meet Nigerians in the diaspora and the setting up of a controversial committee by the LP.

Clarifying the issues in a telephone interview with Vanguard on Saturday, the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Oluwafemi, described the speculations that the party was equally seeking foreign funding for its activities as part of the antics of political opponents, who were intimidated by the rising profile of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate.

Oluwafemi said: “It is ridiculous that our political opponents have descended to a new low to insinuate that our party is oblivious of electoral laws.

“For the avoidance of doubt, neither our party nor our candidate is seeking for foreign funding for any of our activities.

“Our candidate, Peter Obi, is hitting the ground running.

“He is reaching out to Nigerians in the diaspora most of whom have lost confidence in the current administration and see no reason to come home to invest.

“He is getting them ready to have a rethink because the incoming Labour Party-led administration which by the grace of God, he and Datti will be leading, will provide an enabling environment for direct foreign investment required to revive our ailing economy which the APC has unfortunately destroyed.”

He also dismissed reports of a conflict between the party leadership and the presidential candidate over campaign funding.

According to him, the party had since debunked the speculations that it said were part of an orchestrated plot by political opponents to whittle down the growing influence of the party.