Just IN: Labour Party Leaders Blasts Lawmaker-Elect Ogah For Praising President Tinubu

Amobi Ogah, a member-elect of the Labour Party for the House of Representatives, has come under fire from the party’s top brass for a recent statement he made against President Bola Tinubu.

On Thursday, Ogah, the member for Abia State’s Isuikwuato-Umunneochi Federal Constituency, voiced his respect for Tinubu, saying he had no idea the politician was that intelligent.

Shortly after the president met with the 10th Assembly’s newly elected legislators at the State House, the lawmaker made the comment.

He said:

“Today is my best day. I’m so happy that I’m an elected member seeing my president talking. In fact, I’ve never known that this man is so intelligent,” he said.

“I never knew that this man is so prepared to serve this country. I saw the love, character, and charisma — the belief that Nigeria can be a better nation.”

He consequently pledged his support to the president, saying the interest of the country is above party affiliation.

Meanwile, in a statement released on Friday in Abuja titled “Hon. Ogah’s position on President Tinubu’s leadership, personal not party position.”

The statement was signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh.

According to him, such a comment shouldn’t be coming from any LP member at a time when LP presidential candidate is battling to reclaim his mandate at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

The statement read in part:

“The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to an interview granted by one of our House of Representatives members-elect, Hon. Amobi Ogah wherein he expressed his satisfaction with the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and that some of his colleagues have “agreed to go towards government decision” on the leadership of the 10th Assembly.

“As an individual, he does not have the mandate to speak for the party and therefore cannot claim to be standing on the platform of the Labour Party to do same, giving views that are diametrically opposed to what Labour Party stands for.

“Labour Party is presently in the tribunal hoping to retrieve our mandate which was expressively given to our presidential candidate on February 25, and every testament emanating from the tribunal points to the fact that Labour Party clearly won the election but was robbed. We have remained resolute to our belief that justice will be done and so soon.