Labour Party Confirms Talks With PDP, NNPP But Says A Merger Is Technically Unattainable

 The Labour Party (LP) has reacted to a report of a merger between the party and it's presidential candidate, Peter Obi with Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP.

 Spokesperson of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LP-PCC) Yunusa Tanko while responding said the proposed merger between the three political parties is unattainable.

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Tanko who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday said merger connotes that the parties would be validated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as one.

In his words: 

“When you talk about merger, it means that political party from different parts of the country submit their document to INEC and then they will be pronounced as a new political party and that isn’t obtainable at the moment.

“So, the merger is out of the question technically. But, when you talk about the discussion of the possible working alliance with the political party – very true, that is very possible,” he said.

Tanko though noted that there were talks about a possible merger before the election.

“Even before elections, there were discussions. I will not say ABC is right on the table at the moment because we need to have this particular fact before we can go public about it,” the LP chieftain said. “At the moment we are having a discussion with ourselves”.

While noting that discussions with political parties of like minds who believe in the ideology and the principles of the party is a welcome development, he said:

“And so most of the political parties who are progressively minded would not allow that particular situation to happen in Nigeria,” the spokesman maintained.

“Therefore, there is a need for a lot of people not even the political party alone but those in the civil society, those who believe in Nigeria’s emancipation of people from the shackles of poverty would definitely come together and see how we can restore power to the interest of the Nigeria people, that is very possible.

He revealed that there is no “foreclosure on the matter” but “all I know is that we’ve had discussions”.