In order to continue to provide formidable alternative political platform for Nigerians, the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, should court the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi; Governor of Abia State, Mr Alex Otti; lawmakers, leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, and other critical stakeholders of the party so that they won’t defect to another party, Ejiofor Alike reports

The recent victory of the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure at the Court of Appeal has reconfirmed the belief among a section of the political class that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contributed largely to the current leadership crisis in the party by refusing to recognise the party’s National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra State, on March 27, 2024 where Abure was re-elected for a fresh tenure.

The opposition of these stakeholders to the convention was strengthened by a letter from INEC, to a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Steve Adehi, saying that it did not monitor the convention.

The commission’s letter was believed to be a clear de-recognition of the Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

INEC had declared that the tenure of the Abure-led executives had expired since June 2024.

Though Abure fought back, and dragged the commission to court through a suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/ CS/1271/2024, Obi, Otti and other critical stakeholders moved against him.

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