The Labour Party has ruled out the adoption of a presidential candidate from another political party ahead of the 2019 general elections , saying that it will present its own representative .
The party said it had been repositioned to take over the affairs of the country and lift it to enviable heights.
National Chairman of the party , Dr . Mike Omotosho , who made the disclosure while interacting with journalists , also faulted the $ 1 bn earmarked by the Federal Government to be withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North -East .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 . We have an ideology that we are working with and we intend to build credible people .
“ We are not going to be a platform for defectors anymore . We are going to have credible candidates that will remain after election and build the party.
“ On the issue of the Federal Government earmarking $ 1 bn to be withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account to fight Book Haram insurgency in the North -East , we are concerned about the deployment of such a huge amount of money to just one area of the country .
