Labour Party (LP) has said its leadership is not aware of the N50m bribe allegedly being given by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to leaders of the opposition parties.

The party also said its leadership had never received a kobo from any individual, group, organisation or government, who was not a member of the party. The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, expressed the party’s “shock and disbelief” ver the claim by the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

He said: “The party has, however, expressed shock and disbelief by the revelation from one of the leading political figures and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, insisting that it would be improper for the politician to throw a shade at the entire opposition without also putting forward a tangible proof other than a ‘gossip’ from an unnamed source.

“The former Vice President, while speaking at a national conference on strengthening democracy held in Abuja, accused the ruling APC of allegedly offering opposition party leaders N50 million each to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process.

“We are shocked that a high calibre politician, who has contested election all his life and often regarded as a very experienced politician, could make such a wild, unguarded and unfounded statement.

“For us in the Labour Party, a party which has remained the strongest and most veritable opposition and which speaks truth to power; a party that led the most serious campaign in the 2023 General Election and has been steadfast and has remained the voice of the people, we view that statement as demeaning, ignominious, reckless and a let-down from someone like Atiku Abubakar.