Aspirant takes LP to court over presidential primary, seeks refund of funds

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Peter Agada, has dragged the party to court, demanding a full refund of the funds he spent sponsoring its National Convention in Umuahia on April 28. Agada, who has since defected to the Young Progressives Party (YPP), accused his former party of […]

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Peter Agada, has dragged the party to court, demanding a full refund of the funds he spent sponsoring its National Convention in Umuahia on April 28.
Agada, who has since defected to the Young Progressives Party (YPP), accused his former party of financial exploitation. He alleged that the LP leadership collected money from him with the promise of securing him the party’s presidential ticket, only to disqualify him 24 hours before the primary election.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former aspirant confirmed that the party has already been served with the court processes.
He accused the Labour Party leadership of fraud, betrayal, insincerity, and tribalism.
According to him, the national leadership of the LP persuaded him to bankroll the party’s national convention in exchange for the presidential ticket, only to later issue a letter stating that the ticket had been zoned to the South.
“I spent considerable funds to commence building my nationwide presidential campaign structures after a successful screening on May 6, 2026—an exercise which affirmed my qualifications to run for the highest office in Nigeria under the platform of the Labour Party,” Agada said.

“Only for the Labour Party to wake up from a memory loss on May 28, 2026, just one day to its presidential primary, to send a letter to me stating that they had disqualified me from the presidential ticket because I was from the Middle Belt.”

He stated that the party’s own screening committee report, compiled after the Umuahia convention, had explicitly advised leadership that there is no provision for zoning in the party’s constitution.

“When the party leaders approached me to support the enormous financial cost of its national convention, they made it clear to me that there was no encumbrance to anyone who wished to contest the presidential ticket of the party,” he added.