The Labour Party (LP) on Thursday debunked reports which claimed that it has opened merger talks with some other political parties.

LP spokesperson, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement refuted such reports and urged the public to disregard the sensational news.

Ifoh also said that news making the rounds that LP is into merger talks is “twisted to embarrass the Labour Party”.

“Kindly disregard the sensational news making the round which suggests that Labour Party is working out a merger arrangement with any other political party,” the statement read.

“It is purely a news item twisted and sensationalized by a section of the media to embarrass the Labour Party.

“A news organisation called for a reaction as regards to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s proposal for opposition political parties to work together to fight against one party system in Nigeria being planned by the APC.

“In my reaction, I said that it was only a proposal and every Nigerian should be interested in making democracy work in Nigeria and that what we have presently is an autocracy.

“There was nowhere in the response that the purported merger between LP and PDP was mentioned.”

Ifoh stated that the Labour Party has just concluded the 2023 general election episode and a post mortem is yet to hold.

According to the LP spokesperson, the way forward for the party has not been discussed and that when they do, Nigerians will be properly informed.

Ifoh has therefore urged Nigerians to disregard such and many other twisted and sensational stories purported to emanate from the Labour Party.

According to the spokesperson, the Labour party has its official platforms which it use to disseminate its information.