Former Labour Party Chairman Julius Abure has accused the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, of triggering the leadership crisis currently rocking the party.
He alleged that the Labour Party had been operating peacefully until Obi and Otti backed the establishment of a caretaker committee in Umuahia.
According to him, the decision to create the committee disrupted the party’s stability and remains the root cause of the prolonged internal conflict.
“Now let me put it very clearly, Alex Otti and Peter Obi destabilised the tranquillity of the party. You will recall that the party was running smoothly, without major disagreement in the party. It was Peter Obi and Alex Otti who went to Umuahia to set up this illegal caretaker committee that has become an albatross to the leadership of the party,” Abure said.
He maintained that the crisis cannot simply be ignored because those he considers responsible continue to feature prominently whenever the party’s leadership dispute is discussed.
“Because the crisis is still lingering, we cannot stop talking about it. Each time you talk about the crisis in the Labour Party, the names that feature prominently are Peter Obi and Alex Otti, and they are the cause of the crisis in the party. Not until the crisis in the party is finally resolved and dusted, we cannot stop talking about it,” he said.
