A factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has told Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, to stop the deception that he is still a member of the party.
Abure, in a statement on Friday, urged Governor Otti to openly declare his allegiance to the opposition coalition and leave the Labour Party alone.
Abure, who accused the Abia State Governor of anti-party activities, said top members of Governor Otti’s political camp, including the chairman of the caretaker committee, Senator Nenadi Usman, and LP’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have already joined the new coalition, so the Governor is only being deceptive by claiming to still be a part of the Labour Party.
He spoke against the background of the recent clarification by Otti that he remains a member of the Labour Party and has no intention of joining the opposition coalition.
“Our attention has been drawn to Otti’s interview where he claimed he is still a member of the Labour Party. We are not going to fall for his deception again.”
“How can he claim to be in the Labour Party when he conducted the last local government election in Abia State using the Zenith Labour Party as his platform? He formed and is funding the illegal caretaker committee that has now formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC),” he said.
Naijaonpoint reports that Abure claimed in the statement that Otti has already been suspended from the Labour Party.
“We are shocked that Otti is paradoxically trying to mislead Labour Party members by claiming continued membership. In any event, he was indefinitely suspended from the party due to his anti-party activities,” Abure added.
Labour Party Is Ready For 2027
Abure also submitted that the Labour Party would not be part of any opposition coalition for the 2027 election but would rather engage with Nigerians to garner their support.
He stated that the coalition is simply an alliance of “strange political bedfellows” whose only ambition is the selfish takeover of power.
“Labour Party is on the move again. We have the best political brand in Nigeria, and we’re eager to engage young Nigerians who have the nation’s interest at heart.
“Labour Party is not and will not be part of any coalition. These so-called coalitions are selfish, opportunistic, and driven by power grabs, not principle. No true democrat would subscribe to such political amalgam,” Abure said.
He concluded his statement by urging Governor Otti to formally exit the Labour Party and stop working against it.
“You cannot be in the Labour Party and work against it at the same time,” he said.