The Labour Party has disclosed plans to expel its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over what the party describes as sustained acts of disloyalty and breach of its constitution.
Speaking on a live broadcast of Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, revealed that the National Executive Council (NEC) is preparing to formally recommend Obi’s expulsion. The decision, he said, would be ratified at the party’s national convention in accordance with party procedure.
Arabambi accused Obi of engaging in anti-party conduct by allegedly affiliating with another political party while still presenting himself as a member of Labour. “You cannot belong to two political parties at once—it is unconstitutional. Yet, Obi has continued to operate with another party while claiming to represent ours,” he said.
He claimed the former candidate had already been suspended and insisted the final step—expulsion—was imminent. “The NEC will soon meet to propose his removal, and once the convention confirms it, Peter Obi will cease to be a member of the Labour Party,” Arabambi stated.
While no formal timeline was given for the NEC meeting or the convention, the party’s spokesman made clear that the process to remove Obi from its ranks is already underway.
Obi, a former Anambra State governor, contested the 2023 presidential election under the Labour Party and placed third behind Bola Tinubu of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP. He has not yet responded publicly to the party’s latest position.