From Sola Ojo, Abuja
Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure, on Monday, April 7, firmly denied any leadership vacuum in the party.
Speaking to loyalists during an ongoing National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, Abure dismissed claims of a power gap.
His statement came amid a rival NEC meeting called by key stakeholders, including LP’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, Abia State Governor Alex Otti, and several elected lawmakers. Abure maintained his stance, saying, “There is no vacuum in the leadership of the Labour Party. The Supreme Court judgement did not say the tenure of the current NWC under my leadership has expired.”
He labelled the opposing National Caretaker Committee as illegitimate. “The so-called National Caretaker Commie is an illegal body unknown to any law guiding the Labour Party,” he said. “What happened in Umuahia, Abia State was not a NEC meeting; as such, the so-called caretaker committee is an illegal entity.”
Abure added, “The purported caretaker committee is just a meddlesome interloper whose sole purpose is to destroy our party.”