The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has responded to allegations of betrayal made by Barrister Julius Abure, the embattled national chairman of the party......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
AZNews reports that at a recent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, Abure accused Obi and the party’s sole governor, Alex Otti of Abia State, of conspiring against him.
Abure claimed they organized a stakeholders meeting in Umuahia, Abia State, where a former Minister of Finance, Esther Nenadi Usman, was elected as chairperson of a 29-member caretaker committee to resolve the party’s leadership crisis.
In his response, Obi, through his spokesperson, Comrade Ibrahim Umar of the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), expressed his disappointment with Abure’s remarks, calling the accusations politically motivated and intended to mislead the public.
“I am disappointed, but not surprised, by the false accusations of betrayal label against our principal Mr. Peter Obi by Julius Abure, the Embattled national chairman of the party. It is clear that this is a politically motivated attempt to mislead the public.
“The stakeholders meeting of the LP held at Umuahia, on Wednesday, was meant to resolve the lingering leadership crisis and chart a way forward. The decision was not in anyway personal.
“Therefore the Obidient Movement have stand in total solidarity with the actions and decisions of the stakeholders, which have always been guided by a commitment to unity, justice and transparency,” Umar said.
Umar further criticized Abure for misleading the public and defaming Obi’s character. He questioned Abure’s resistance to leaving his position, which was supposed to end in June, and his readiness to engage in conflict.
He said, “Simply because he intervened for Justice? His (Abure) tenure ends in June, but he refused to leave the stage, and also vowed that he is ready to fight. Who is he fighting? We understand his desperation for power, but it high time for him to put the interest of the party over his personal interest.
“We will not engage in name calling and character assassination. Instead, we call on Julius Abure to accept the outcome of the intervention by Mr Peter Obi and Gov Alex Otti which aimed to resolve any misunderstandings, and chart a way forward.”