I’m not Labour Party member under Julius Abure — Kenneth Okonkwo

I’m not Labour Party member under Julius Abure — Kenneth Okonkwo

  

A chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Kenneth Okonkwo, has
stated that he is not a member of the party under Julius Abure’s leadership.

 

He made this statement on Friday on Sunrise Daily, a
programme on Channels Television, while admitting that he is still a member of
the LP.

 

“As it is now, I have already left if Abure is the
Chairman,” he said.

 

Recall that in July 2024, the Nollywood
actor-turned-politician announced his departure from LP.

 

He also parted ways with the former presidential candidate
of the party, Peter Obi.

 

However, during the programme, Okonkwo, a former spokesman
for the Labour Party’s presidential campaign council, clarified his
resignation, insisting that he is still a member of the LP.

 

He emphasised that he was against the LP leadership under
Abure.

 

“I am a member of the Labour Party, but not under Julius
Abure. If Abure manages to wangle himself in and becomes the National Chairman,
it is automatic,” he stated.

The Labour Party has been plagued by
crisis, as both the party’s Caretaker Committee, led by Esther Nenadi Usman,
and Abure have been laying claim to the party’s leadership position.

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, earlier
invalidated Abure’s leadership, stating that the national convention violated
the Constitution and Electoral Act.

 

The situation compelled the party to appoint Usman, a former
senator representing Kaduna South, as the chair of its 29-member caretaker
committee on 4 September 2024, after Abia State Governor Alex Otti convened a
stakeholders’ meeting of the party in Umuahia.

 

The party’s presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, and
his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, were among the top party members who
attended the meeting.

 

In January, the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed Abure as
the National Chairman of the Labour Party.

 

In a judgment delivered on 17 January by Hamma Barka, the
court ruled that its earlier decision in November 2024, recognising Abure as
the party’s chairman, remains valid and has not been overturned by any court.

 

The ruling came in response to two separate appeals filed by
Nenadi Usman, the party’s caretaker committee, and INEC.

Source: I’m not Labour Party member under Julius Abure — Kenneth Okonkwo

 - NigerianEye
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