By Abiola Olawale
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state and Labour Party’s candidate for president in 2023, and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State have jointly called a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party to address current state of affairs of LP.
This was revealed in a statement signed by Ibrahim Umar, spokesperson for the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR).
According to the statement, the NEC gathering is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Abuja.
The list of invited participants includes the 2023 vice-presidential candidate, current and former senators, senatorial candidates, members of the House of Representatives, and other 2023 House candidates representing the Labour Party.
The statement reads in part: “The two leading figures of the Labour Party, 2023 presidential flag bearer Peter Obi and the only state governor of the party, Alex Otti of Abia .State, have summoned the National Executive Committee (NEC) to meet in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
“In a notice signed by the two men, the NEC meeting will be followed concurrently by an interactive Town Hall Engagement with key stakeholders and other organs of the party at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. The stakeholders expected to attend the meeting include the vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 election, serving and former senators, and senatorial candidates of LP in the 2023 election, along with serving and former members of the House of Representatives and LP candidates from the 2023 election.”
Other attendees will include “all members of the National Caretaker Committee and NTC, all former governorship candidates still in the party, representatives of the NLC/TUC Political Commission, and all members of the former LP National Working Committee.”
It was gathered that the NEC meeting is expected to address critical issues within the party, including the party’s roadmap for reconciliation, and preparations for upcoming electoral contests.
This comes after a five-member panel of the Supreme Court set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which earlier recognised Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party.
The apex court, in its decision, emphasised that matters relating to party leadership are internal affairs, over which the judiciary has no jurisdiction.
Furthermore, the court also observed that, based on the submissions before it, Abure’s tenure had already expired.
Consequently, it dismissed the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the Labour Party.
