Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, who was represented by Datti Baba-Ahmed, has stated that the embattled former national chairman of the party, Mr. Julius Abure, was not removed by any governor but was removed by the party’s constitution,
Obi gave the clarification at the inaugural meeting of the LP caretaker committee held in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday night, saying Abure’s tenure elapsed.
He appealed to Abure and his supporters to sheathe their swords and join hands with the caretaker committee to rebuild the party.
Obi said: “Listen my friend, no governor unseated Abure, the constitution unseated him. Abure’s time elapsed. Nobody unseated him. As of today, Abure is our good friend, and a loyal member. We want him back in the fold, we have roles for him to play.
“We didn’t have crisis. We managed a transition, which was a bit bumpy and that was it. I tell you, no other political party of our size could do that in the time and manner that we did.
“We are a political party who went all the way to the Supreme Court claiming our 10 million votes. They were only able to give us six million votes. So, we are a force to contend with in Africa. What we’ve done has never been done before. When PDP came they had the military. We had nothing.
“We started, it was organic. It was us. It was Nigerian people. It was Obidients, and we defeated two existing political parties, to the best of our submission, in the courts.
“What is more, we are buoyed by the fact that we warned Nigerians of the failure of APC, the dangers of APC is happening. They are failing more on the Nigerian economy. They are destroying the security of Nigeria. Every day in the news, you reported it, our citizens are abducted. They are killed in hundreds in villages.
“We warned Nigerians this was going to happen. Desperate people took the victory of Labour Party. What did they do with it? Our currency value was again destroyed. Security destroyed. Hunger in the land. Removal of subsidies managed very very poorly, aggravated corruption continued… lies and lies and lies.”