The Interim National Chairperson of the Labour Party, Nenadi Usman, has stated that it may be too late for the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return.
Usman made the remark on Wednesday during an appearance on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television.
She explained that once the party closes its membership register 21 days before primaries in line with the Electoral Act and submits its electronic register, new entries would no longer be accepted.
“It will be too late for Peter Obi to come back to Labour Party because if you look at the Electoral Act, at some points, we will close the register. You cannot come when that is done.
“Obi actually took the party to greater heights in 2023. There’s nobody who can match that momentum like he did.
“He convinced me to join him in the Labour Party. And not just me but also many people that are in Labour Party today because we believe in equity and fair play,” she said.
