Abayomi Arabambi, National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the Labour Party, has declared that top figures within the party, including Abia State Governor Alex Otti, have aligned to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Arabambi stated this during an interview on News Central on Thursday.
“Abure and Governor Alex Otti have all agreed in principle that we will support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because this presidency belongs to the South-West, not to the South,” he said, adding that the arrangement was designed to allow the South-West to complete its eight-year cycle at the presidency.
Arabambi also shut the door on any potential return of Peter Obi to the Labour Party, despite reported moves by former Finance Minister Nenadi Usman.
“Obi can never come back to the Labour Party, because we have an agreement, even with Governor Alex Otti, because of the intractable crisis, because of what has happened in the Labour Party, we have all settled that we will support the second term and ambition of Mr President Bola Ahmed Tinubu only,” he said.
Arabambi did not stop there, as he attacked Nenadi Usman, accusing her of pushing Obi’s agenda for personal reasons.
“Nenadi is just an appendage of Peter Obi. She’s only deceiving herself. She wants Obi as our Labour Party presidential candidate, and that is not going to work,” he said, urging her to abandon the idea regardless of who was sponsoring it.
“She should perish that thought, no matter whosoever that is sponsoring her,” he added.
