Abia Governor Alex Otti announced that Julius Abure’s rule as Labour’s President (LP) has actually ended, noting that Abure is continuing to argue as he continues to advocate for the party’s leadership.
His comments are posted in the ongoing leadership crisis within the record, which splits the parties into opposition camps – one led by Abure and his allies, and another led by a caretaker committee chaired by Nenadi Usman and supported by Peter Obi and Otti himself.
Make a speech during an interview Morning performance On Arise TV, Otti asserted that a recent Supreme Court decision invalidates Abure’s power over the party. “When you go through the Supreme Court’s judgment, you know that ABURE is just M@strusting,” he said, insisting that Labour, under the new leadership, is preparing to host fresh parliament at all levels by the end of the year.
The Supreme Court ruled last month that the Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction to declare the party chairman. Since then, various explanations of the ruling have surfaced, including a faction led by Lamidi Apapa, claiming control.
Otti refuted his suggestion that he might defect from the Labor Party, as he insisted that the LP was not in the crisis amid a wave of defections from the All Progressive Congress (APC). “Governor Otti has not declined, my party (LP) is not on the shaky ground, and everyone can’t be in the APC,” he said. “If it weren’t, he wouldn’t be president today. Sometimes, you have to represent something. ”
The governor also reflected on his past affiliation and said, “Let me tell you. I’m in PDP. Then from PDP, I went to APGA. I went to APC. I’ve been to APC. I’ve been to APC. It’s not a problem. The problem is that the party that brought me to power is labor.
In asserting his current loyalty to LP, Otti also acknowledged the fluent nature of political affiliation. “And I’m not saying I’ll stay in Labour or leave Labour. But, as we said, the current situation does not guarantee that I’ll leave Labour. Tomorrow, everything will change. And I told you, I’m telling you, I’m very pragmatic, I’m looking at things. Of course, if I’m going to make any decisions, I’ll have a full consultation with Abia People.”
The internal rifts within the LP emerged as the political landscape witnessed the increasing defection of APCs, and several governors and senior party figures were reportedly weighing their choices.
