The battle for the control of the Labour Party took a different twist on Monday after the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure and LP presidential candidate in 2023 election, Peter Obi, simultaneously called for separate meetings of the National Executive Committee to discuss the future of the party following Fridayโs judgement by the Supreme Court.
While Abureโs NEC is scheduled to be held at the national headquarters, Obi and Governor Alex Otti moved their stakeholdersโ summit to a different venue.
Both parties made the summons in separate terse statements made available to The PUNCH.
The statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, read, โPRESS INVITATION: The National Executive Committee meeting of the Labour Party held on Monday, April 7, 2025, at the National Party Secretariat.โ
Barely an hour after Abureโs invite was released, Obi and Otti also sent out invitations calling for stakeholdersโย engagement in what many believed was a counter-move to sway the loyalty of their supporters.
The statement signed by Obiโs Spokesman, Ibrahim Umar partly read, โThe two leading figures of the Labour Party, the 2023 presidential flag bearer Peter Obi and the sole state governor of the party, Alex Oti of Abia State, have summoned the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
โIn a notice signed by the two men, the NEC meeting shall be followed concurrently by an interactive Town Hall Engagement with major stakeholders and other organs of the party at Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
โThe stakeholders listed to attend the meeting include the vice presidential candidate for the 2023 election, serving and former senators and senatorial candidates of LP in the 2023 election, and serving and former members of House of Representatives and LP candidates in the 2023 election.โ
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