Peter Obi is a person of tall popularity, gained’t return to Labour Social gathering – Former lawmaker

A former lawmaker who represented Abia Central Senatorial District within the Nigerian Senate, Darlington Nwokocha has stated that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Social gathering is not going to return to the social gathering.

Nwokocha, the Performing Nationwide Secretary described Obi as a person of tall popularity who wouldn’t consider returning to the social gathering.

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

Nwokocha’s comment is a sequel to a gesture supplied to the previous governor by his working mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.

Baba-Ahmed had, upon Obi’s exit stated that, the previous presidential candidate is at all times welcome to the social gathering.

Nonetheless, talking on Channels Tv’s Politics At this time, Nwokocha stated, whereas there’s the opportunity of a reconciliation between the 2 factions of the social gathering, Obi’s presidential candidacy for LP is now a mirage.

“If he (Julius Abure) repents, if he behaves nicely. If he behaves nicely, however with all this type of rascality, these aren’t the type of individuals we would like within the type of characters we would like within the social gathering. No, you have to be light, you have to be calm, you have to be clever, you have to be sound. You have to be fairly presentable in all spheres.

“So attempting to leap the fence or sending individuals leaping the fence or knocking down this, that, that is- it’s an outdated type of politics,” Nwokeocha stated.

Requested whether or not the management and members of the Labour Social gathering miss the previous governor, Nwokeocha replied, “Why not? He was our chief. We respect him rather a lot, an entire lot. However all the identical, you realize, earlier than he left, he thought-about so many issues.

“And like I informed you final time, he thought-about so many issues. He’s a person with a tall popularity, and with that, I’m unsure he can come again as a result of Peter is just not that type of an individual, he gained’t come again?” Nwokocha queried.

Talking additional the previous lawmaker stated, “Peter Obi is eternally gone from the Labour Social gathering.”