Gale of Defections: Labour Party suffers huge set back ahead 2027

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the once vibral Labour Party, LP, appears to be losing steam and membership strength across the country.
DAILY POST reports that when the members-elect of the National Assembly were sworn in on 13 June, 2023, the LP had the third-largest caucus in the National Assembly, with 34 members in the House of Representatives and eight senators.
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, had the largest number of members, followed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Labour Party, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.
The Peter Obi effect had transformed the relatively obscure Labour Party into a national force, particularly in the Southeast, South-South, North-Central, and Lagos.
The top-to-bottom voting pattern helped elect several Labour Party lawmakers who rode on Obi’s popularity.
Eighteen months later, the Labour Party caucus in the National Assembly is rapidly depleting