The national chairman of the Zenith Labour Party, (ZLP) Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, has said the opposition party won’t dissolve into the People’s Democratic Party.
Nwanyanwu made the declaration on the heels of the defection of a former Ondo State Governor and chieftain of the ZLP, Olusegun Mimiko into the PDP.
The ZLP Chair said the leadership of the party has no intention to join the former Ondo State governor in his new political platform but is busy on how to reposition the party ahead next general elections.
He said:” ZLP is still a political party, we have not merged and merging into another political party is not something done through the back door. A lot of people have experienced concern and some have carried rumours as in Anambra state that due to the exit of His Excellency, Olusegun Mimiko from our party to PDP, that the entire party has joined PDP, that is the biggest lie from the pit of hell.
“I am appealing to my members and telling them that they should ignore such false, hate speech from the people who are not comfortable with the strides we are making. They think, particularly in Anambra State that they will get some mileage in the Saturday, November 6 election. For those in Anambra State, we ZLP still have our candidate intact. Go and vote, don’t listen to rumours, there is no iota of truth in the information.”
“Governor Mimiko has the right to join any party of his choice, under the kind politics witnessed in Nigeria today, he is free to exit.”
The ZLP Chairman said a lot of people are joining the party and that its membership has grown astronomically in the last year. “So we are intact, a lot of people are joining the party, talking to us to be part of what we are doing. So how can we, when a lot of people are coming into our party and we are talking of merging ZLP is still here and we have started preparing for 2023.”
Nwanyanwu further expressed confidence in the ability of the party candidate in the Anambra governorship election, Dr Obiora Okonkwo to win the election.
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We won’t follow Mimiko to PDP ― Nwanyanwu, ZLP chairman. We won’t follow Mimiko to PDP ― Nwanyanwu, ZLP chairman.