The Labour Party has disowned viral social media posts that appeared to invite former presidential candidate Peter Obi and Kwankwasiyya Movement leader Rabiu Kwankwaso to return to the party from the African Democratic Congress. A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Ken Asogwa, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Interim National Chairman Nenadi Usman, described the posts as fraudulent and unauthorised. The posts were shared from an account using the party's name, emblem and logo on X, and featured an image of Obi and Kwankwaso with the message: "Dear @PeterObi @KwankwasoRM, our doors are open." Asogwa stated the Labour Party is not operating any official social media platforms and urged the public to disregard information from such accounts. He noted that the same accounts had been previously disowned in a February statement and had since changed their names and handles to continue misleading the public. The party's official accounts—Labour Party-Nig on Facebook and LabourPartyNG on X—have been dormant since the removal of former National Chairman Julius Abure and the dissolution of the National Working Committee. Asogwa confirmed the party has petitioned the Police to recover the official X account, currently under the control of the former leadership. The matter is under investigation by the Deputy Inspector General of Police at the Force Intelligence Department, with Abure and Alhaji Umar Farouk providing information. The party stressed that all official communication comes solely through press statements from the Office of the Interim National Chairman.
The Labour Party claims it is not using any social media, yet its official accounts remain locked in a battle with its former leadership, raising questions about who really controls its public voice. While Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso are being told the door is not open, the confusion benefits no one but the politicians already inside the party fighting over scraps. Nigerians who voted under the Labour Party banner in 2023 now have no clear way to verify what the party says, or if it can even speak for itself. The party's silence online while its identity is contested leaves supporters in the dark and its credibility fraying.
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