Benin, Edo - Ahead of the 2027 election, Senator Neda Imasuen of Labour Party (LP), Edo South has dropped hint of his intention of quitting the party.

Senator Imasuen, who spoke with journalists recently in Benin City lighted up when asked if he intended to dump the LP and join his mentor, Senator Mathew Urhoghide in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He declared: "I am glad to be part of this. It's a partnership that I seek. And I also said that whatever decision or direction I take, you'll be the first to know."

He decried the sudden sharp slide in the fortunes of the opposition party, saying that LP is almost decimated as most of the members have left.

"Labour Party is almost decimated. Most of the members have gone," he lamented.

He attributed the situation to the internecine tussle for the leadership of the party, which recently culminated in the sack of Mr. Julius Abure as national chairman of the party by the Supreme Court.

Senator Imasuen said that he's fully in support of the apex court judgment, noting that Mr. Abure as national chairman didn't have the Labour Party at heart, because it became a personal thing.

He said: "The question for me and for all of us, now, is where do we go from here? I just hope that it's not a little too late of what has just come up.

"Will this judgement bring them back? I don't know. Will it energize those who are there now? Again, I don't know. Only time will tell."