Kenneth Okonkwo, a Spokesperson to the presidential
candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has revealed why the party could
not produce candidates to contest for various positions in the forthcoming
general elections.
Peter Obi has taken a relatively small Labour Party into
national limelight but despite its popularity, the party failed to get
candidates for a number of Senatorial and House of Representatives seats,
particularly in areas that are not his stronghold.
According to the list released by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Labour Party has only 78 candidates out of the 109
seats available.
Okonkwo, who was on Arise TV on Tuesday, said the party
prefers to leave the positions without a candidate rather than field
unqualified candidates without character.
“Peter Obi entered the Labour Party about two weeks or three
weeks before the end of the nomination time.
“And at the time, the party had not become monstrously
popular as it is now. So the entrance of Peter Obi made it attractive to
Nigerians who are looking for escape routes from these structures of
criminality.
“So when we entered there, we discovered there were offices
that were not filled and Peter Obi is a man who in an emergency yields to
pressure.
“He will still be committed to the capacity, competency and
character of each and every person. He would prefer that a seat is vacant
rather than fielding incompetent or people who are not of character.
“So in those areas where there are no candidates, not
because we couldn’t have drafted anybody but because of shortness of time we
were not able to certify that we can comfortably vouch for all the candidates
that we are putting in there because when you want to bring a new thing you
don’t have to succumb to the blackmail of the opposition to in your haste come
against the particular thing you want to change.
“So we were prepared to do the right thing at all times so
whoever that was prepared was allowed to get in within the short time that we
had “
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