A chieftain of the Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo, on Friday, said he is not a member of the party under Julius Abure’s leadership.
He stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, 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.
The actor-turned-politician made the announcement to leave the LP in July 2024.
Okonkwo, a former spokesman for the Labour Party’s presidential campaign council, also parted ways with former presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi.
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However, during the programme, Okonkwo cleared the air on his resignation, insisting that he is still a member of the LP.
He expressed his opposition to the LP’s leadership under Abure.
“I am a member of the Labour Party, but not under Julius Abure. If Abure manages to wangle himself and becomes the National Chairman, it is automatic”, he stated.
The Labour Party has been in a crisis as Esther Nenadi Usman, Esther Nenadi Usman, and Abure, the party’s caretaker committee, claim to control the party’s leadership.
Earlier, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) invalidated Abure’s leadership, saying the national convention violated the constitution and Electoral Act.
The situation forced the party to appoint Usman, a former senator representing Kaduna South, Esther Usman, on September 4, 2024, as the chair of its 29-member caretaker committee after Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, convened a stakeholders meeting of the party in Umuahia.
LP’s presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, were among the top party members who attended the meeting.
Abure was named the Labour Party’s (LP) national chairman last month by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
The court ruled in a judgment rendered on January 17 that Hamma Barka’s earlier decision, which recognized Abure as the party’s chairman, is still valid and has not been overturned by any court.
Source: Channels TV
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