2019 ELECTION: LABOUR PARTY SPEAKS ON ADOPTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

THE LABOUR PARTY, LP, HAS SAID IT WOULD PRESENT ITS OWN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DURING THE 2019 ELECTION .

THE PARTY RULED OUT THE ADOPTION OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FROM ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY .

THE LABOUR PARTY ALSO SAID IT WAS TIME TO TAKE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY AND LIFT TO ENVIABLE HEIGHTS.

ADDRESSING REPORTERS IN ABUJA ON FRIDAY , THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY , DR.MIKE OMOTOSHO , ALSO FAULTED THE $ 1 BILLION  EARMARKED  BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IN THE NORTH -EAST.

HE SAID 'WE WILL NOT ADOPT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST.