L-R: Peter Obi and Oseloka Obaze
Oseloka Obaze, a key ally of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, has resigned from the party.
Obaze announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the LP chairman in Ochuche Ward 406, Ogbaru LGA of Anambra state.
Obaze, a former United Nations diplomat, served as secretary to the Anambra state government under Obi.
He worked closely with Obi as a political adviser and chieftain of the party until his resignation.
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Obaze said he was leaving the LP to protest the conduct of the party’s April 5 governorship primary election in Anambra.
“By virtue of this letter, I hereby tender my resignation from the Labour Party (LP),” he said.
“The processes, conduct and outcome of the Labour Party governorship primaries held on April 5, 2025, in Awka, were fraught with outright irregularities, bothering on fraud and criminality.
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“It was not in tandem with either the party’s Constitution and espoused core values or true tenets of democracy. As such, I hereby disassociate myself henceforth from the Labour Party.”
He also cited the leadership crisis at the national level of the LP and the party’s failure to resolve the rift between Julius Abure, the party’s factional chairman, and Nenadi Usman, the caretaker committee chair.
Obaze, however, did not disclose what political party he would be joining after his resignation.
He had resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2022, one week before Obi left for the LP.
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Obaze later became Obi’s campaign manager and key strategist for the Obidient Movement.
On Wednesday, Titus Odo, spokesperson of the LP in Enugu, resigned his position and defected to the PDP.
Odo announced his defection alongside Emeka Mamah, former commissioner and coordinator of Obi’s presidential campaign in the state.
On April 8, Eze Gabriel, a member of the Enugu house assembly, defected from the LP to the PDP.
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Uche Ugwu, speaker of the assembly, announced Gabriel’s defection in a letter read on the floor of the house.
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