The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has disowned Friday’s National Executive Committee meeting of stakeholders of the party.
While describing the gathering as illegal, unconstitutional and of no consequence, the faction also warned Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, to desist from expending state resources on trivialities.
The factional National Secretary of LP, Umar Farouk, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja titled “Illegal NEC: Otti advised not to use Abia State resources on trivialities.”
Farouk reiterated that only the National Chairman and National Secretary have the constitutional backing to summon such a meeting.
“The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to yet another illegal gathering of some suspended members of the party parading themselves as members of the party’s National Executive Committee.
“Ordinarily, we didn’t think we should make any comment as regards this perennial jamboree since the meeting and its outcome are inconsequential, null and void”, the statement partly read.
Farouk was reacting to the call by Otti for Abure, another factional leader, Lamidi Apapa and other disgruntled members to tender a formal apology as a condition for their reintegration into the party.