Ahead of February 25, 2023 presidential election, the hope of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP), clinching the number one seat in Aso Rock is dicey as the Labour Party in the Southwest has collapsed its entire structure into the All Progressives Congress, (APC).
for a candidate to be declared winner of the presidential election, he has to poll at least one quarter of votes cast in two third of Nigerian states, apart from polling the highest number of votes Nationwide.
Southwest LP Chairman, Omotoso Banji, led the party leadership to collapse its structure in Akure, the capital of Ondo State.
Other leaders of LP that defected were Omowumi Olosola, Ondo Secretary of LP, Sola Alabi amongst others.