The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, says Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party in 2023, will not secure the party's ticket for the 2027 elections.

This comes after the former Anambra State governor campaigned for candidates of the African Democratic Congress during the recent August by-elections.

Despite Obi indicating that the move was due to the absence of LP candidates across the country, the party debunked his claim as false and anti-party.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics on Monday, Arabambi said the LP could survive without Obi.

He insisted that the momentum the party enjoyed in 2023 was driven more by the #EndSARS movement and public discontent with the Buhari administration than by Obi’s personal influence.

“We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi; he will not have our ticket,” he said.

Arabambi also accused the LP’s Acting National Chairperson, Nenadi Usman, and activist Aisha Yesufu of working in alliance with Obi. He vowed the party would move against them and further challenged Obi to declare his exit from the party openly.

“Our plan is to get rid of these elements—people who are just an epitome of political extremism. We don’t want them in the Labour Party. Now that they said they are going to the ADC, we wish them well. Obi has one leg in the Labour Party, one leg in the PDP, and one leg in the ADC.

“If he believes he has that proficiency on his own to get seven million votes in the 2027 general elections, we advise him to pronounce his departure from the Labour Party.

“The momentum in 2023 was not because of Peter Obi, but because of EndSARS.