Why LP didn't field candidates for some positions, by Obi's spokesman

• Published date: 18 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

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.

Obi has taken a relatively small party into the 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 its stronghold.

The list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) indicated that the LP has only 78 candidates out of the 109 seats available.

Okonkwo, who made the remark on Arise TV yesterday, 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 as 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...