BREAKING: 2027: Labour Party Withdraws Automatic Tickets For Obi, Otti

The Labour Party has revoked the automatic tickets previously reserved for its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State Governor Alex Otti for the 2027 election.

This decision was made during the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Monday, September 9, in Abuja.

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Following the meeting, the party’s National Working Committee, led by Julius Abure, announced that all party tickets, from the presidency to the House of Assemblies, would now be open to all qualified Nigerians.

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A communique signed by National Chairman Abure and National Secretary Umar Ibrahim confirmed that the NEC had nullified the earlier decision made at a stakeholders meeting convened by Otti.

The NEC insisted that there was no vacuum in the leadership of the party after “conducting its National Convention in line with its constitution, the Electoral Act and Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on March 27, 2024.”