Labour Party has accused its former National Chairman, Julius Abure of attempt to stir public resentment against the party, and said there is no truth in the claim that the party is planning to expel its candidate in the 2023 presidential election Mr. Peter Obi.
Labour Party acting National Chairman Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, in a statement by her Senior Special Adviser, (Media), Ken Asogwa said intelligent report at the party’s disposal indicate that Abure and his sacked National Working Committee (NWC) are planning “to convene a kangaroo meeting with the aim of sowing confusion and mischief in the ongoing coalition efforts involving His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi.”
Usman recalled that the party had issued a statement on May 25 where it categorically endorsed Obi’s involvement in the coalition talks.
She therefore described Abure and his group as political jesters unknown to the party but have been parading themselves as Labour Party members.
The National Chairman stated that the purported plan to expel Obi from the Labour Party is not just illegal but laughable.
“It is important to recall that the Supreme Court of Nigeria – the highest judicial authority in the land – has long affirmed in a landmark judgment delivered on 4th April, 2025 that the tenure of these political impersonators expired a long time ago.
“On what legal or moral authority, then, do they stand to make any pronouncement on behalf of the Labour Party?” she asked.
She called on “Nigerians to disregard the desperate rantings of these meddlesome interlopers whose only mission is to undermine the credibility and towering influence of Mr. Peter Obi in the coalition-building process aimed at rescuing Nigeria.
“The media and the general public are hereby enjoined to ignore these comedians of politics who are merely performing for their paymasters.
“They are well aware that the sun is fast setting on their charade, and their relevance – anchored solely on attacking Peter Obi – will evaporate the moment he completes his signified intention to join the newly birthed platform.
“This latest drama should be rightly seen for what it is: the desperate last kick of a dying horse,” Senator Usman stated.
