Founded 2002 Ideology Social democracy Colours Red, green | Headquarters Abuja, Nigeria Political position Centre-left | |
National Chairman Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam | ||
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Nigeria. In the 21 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election, the party won 1 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and no seats in the Senate. The Party's flagbearer in Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, emerged the state governor after winning a judicial challenge. Due to the nearly non-existent political structure of the party however, Dr. Mimiko has notably flirted with Action Congress (AC) stalwarts especially in the run-up to the Ekiti State governorship rerun election in April 2009. Although Mimiko, on October 2, 2014 defected to the PDP.
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History
It was formed in 2002 as the Party for Social Democracy by the Nigerian Labour Congress. The party notable members are Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the incumbent Governor of Ondo State and the only Labour Party Governor in Nigeria. Former Governor of Oyo State Chief Alao Akala, Adams Oshiomole, the Present APC Governor of Edo State who deflected to ACN, The LP Candidate for Delta State, Ogboru etc.
2007 Lagos State election
Femi Pedro, a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, decamped the Action Congress while in office in protest against the favoring of then-governor Bola Tinubu's candidates in Lagos State, and ran as the Labour Party candidate in the gubernatorial elections of 2007. He lost the election Babatunde Fashola.