Labour Party: Peter Obi not after foreign funds

The Labour Party has responded those insinuating that its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, travelled abroad to solicit foriegn funding for his campaigns, saying it is all fallacy.

National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Oluwafemi, stated this on Saturday in a telephone interview as reported by Vanguard.

He dismissed the speculations, saying it was part of the antics of political opponents who were intimidated by the rising profile of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate.

Oluwafemi said, “It is ridiculous that our political opponents have descended to a new low to insinuate that our party is oblivious of electoral laws.

“For the avoidance of doubt, neither our party nor our candidate is seeking for foriegn funding for any of our activities. Our candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, is hitting the ground running.

“He is reaching out to Nigerians in the diaspora most of whom have lost confidence in the current administration and see no reason to come home to invest.

“He is getting them ready to have a rethink because the incoming Labour Party-led administration which by the grace of God, he and Datti will be leading, will provide an enabling environment for direct foreign investment required to revive our ailing economy which the APC has unfortunately destroyed.”

The Publicity Secretary also dismissed speculations of a conflict between the party leadership and the presidential candidate over campaign funding.

He said the Labour Party and all of its candidates remain focused on the task ahead.