LP Confirms Coalition With PDP, Others as APC Dismisses Threat

The leadership of the Labour Party confirmed that they are part of the new coalition of political parties that was launched this week.

A group of seven opposition political parties formed a new coalition on Wednesday in a bid to strengthen democracy in the country.

The movement, tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP),  was formed in Abuja at a meeting attended by leaders of the political parties at the National Secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

However, the name of the Labour Party, a major opposition party, was conspicuously missing from the list of members.

The coalition comprised the Peoples Democratic Party, African Democratic Congress, Social Democratic Party, Peoples Allied Movement, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Young Progressives Party, and Zenith Labour Party.

When contacted, the LP leadership denied withdrawing from the coalition.

Speaking with journalists, the National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk, explained that the National Working Committee of the Labour Party was duly informed about the formation of the coalition.

Sharing his sentiment, the chief spokesman of the LP, Yunusa Tanko, stated that the mission of the coalition was basically to defend the tenets of democracy and ensure that the country did not fall into a one-party state