The Labour Party’s (LP) leadership has dismissed reports that the party is broke and unable to fund campaigns for Peter Obi’s presidential bid.
Abayomi Arabambi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, clarified that the party is doing well, and has financial resources to fund campaigns, but is not interested in vote buying.
Arabambi also stated that the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, was quoted out of context in his speech about the party’s financial situation.
He said in a chat with Leadership:
Our national chairman was quoted out of context. We are not broke. We are forging ahead. We are doing well. We have our money to plan for our campaigns; we don’t have money to buy votes. We are prepared for politics.
Arabambi went on to say that the party will not bribe voters or hold meaningless jamborees, but will instead run credible campaigns.
He said:
At least, we need money to prepare for our security and campaigns. Aside from that, we don’t have money for jamboree. Everyone is involved in our rally.
We are fully ready. Our presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is ready. Our party, the Labor Party, is ready, but we don’t have money for bribery. We are very rich. And we are going to emerge victorious.