The Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the Labour Party has rejected the caretaker committee that emerged from a meeting of the leaders of the party in Abia State on Wednesday.
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State and the presidential candidate of the LP in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, convened the stakeholders’ meeting.
At the meeting, a former Minister of Finance, who joined the Labour Party during the 2023 elections, Nemadi Osman, was chosen as the chairperson of the caretaker committee.
Reacting in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, Abure said: “As clearly stated in our previous statement, the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, and all others who have converged on Umuahia have no power within the Party Constitution, the Electoral Act and even within the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to convene any meeting of the Party.
“The combined reading of the two provisions show clearly that the so called meeting in Umuahia is a charade, a waste of time and resources of Abia People.
“The premise on which Governor Alex Otti called the meeting is not only faulty but mischievous. Government business is not transacted verbally but through official communication and correspondences which are done in writing.
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“As we speak, there is no communication whatsoever from INEC to the Party as regards any objection to the conduct of the National Convention.
“We challenge Alex Otti to produce the official letter addressed to him from INEC on the subject matter. There is no vacuum in the leadership of the Party.
“Consequently, the so-called caretaker committee set up by the Governor of Abia State is not known to the constitution of the Party and can best be described as a department in Abia State Government House.
“We are shocked to note that the so-called chairman of the caretaker committee is not a registered member of the Party. She surfaced during the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign to assist Peter Obi in his campaign.”
