The National Spokesman of the Labour Party, LP, Ken Asogwa, has admitted that the exit of the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, created a huge vacuum within the party.
Asogwa made the disclosure during an interview on Channels Television’s programme on Monday, where he described Obi as a political colossus.
According to him, the party could not pretend that Obi’s departure did not have an impact.
“We lost a colossus within the party, but the party envisaged it. Remember that before his departure, the rumour was already out there that he was leaving, and he eventually left on December 31, 2025,” he said.
InfoStride News reports that Obi defected from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on December 31, 2025.
The former Anambra State governor later dumped the ADC for the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, in April, citing internal crises within the party as part of the reasons for his departure.
Despite Obi’s exit, Asogwa said the Labour Party had returned to the drawing board to rebuild its structures and strengthen its ranks ahead of future elections.
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