A coalition of Labour Party stakeholders and professionals, known as the Alliance for All Labour Party Stakeholders and Professionals, has described the recent vicious attack on Peter Obi as a desperate attempt to deter him from attempting the 2027 presidential election.

A press statement issued by the convener, Dr. Blessing Elaigwu, on Wednesday indicated that the attack on Obi was even more disheartening, as the APC spokesperson ignored all opportunities given to him by the television programme anchors to apologise to Obi and Nigerians.

The coalition said that no Nigerian alive today, except perhaps those in the inner circle of this administration, can deny the effect of the record-breaking poverty and inequality that has become the signature of this administration’s rule.

“We are short of words to describe what Mr. Morka was thinking when he again issued a fresh threat to forward a list of 400 Nigerians to security agencies in a brazen attempt to scare citizens into silence. He and his ruling party – the APC – are only exhibiting signs of what we already know: they are scared stiff of what fate awaits them at the ballot box in 2027.

“Nigerians, most of whom have become victims of APC’s policy of institutionalised impoverishment of the populace, are warming up for the opportunity to vote out this ruinous party and all it represents.

“The APC and the administration it currently leads should be made aware that impoverished Nigerians are tired of the lies and propaganda of this government and are prepared to borrow a leaf from their Ghanaian cousins to liberate our country and our economy from its current decadent state.

“Morka and those in the ruling party who share his belief in building an authoritarian empire where citizens’ right to free expression is considered a threat to the state should be prepared to expand our prisons and recruit more wardens because Nigerians will continue to speak out against bad governance.” (Daily Sun)