Some members of the immediate past National Working Committee, NWC of the Labour Party, have called on Julius Abure to allow peace to reign supreme in the party and perish his inordinate desires.
TVN reports that the party has been in great turmoil since after the 2023 general elections, however, former executives and members of the party attributed the crisis facing the party to the obnoxious ambition of Abure.
The tenure of Abure as the National Chairman of the party elapsed on June 9, 2024, however, a national convention he held at Nnewi, Anambra State on 27th March 2024, was rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
INEC rejected the outcome of the convention for being in contravention of the Labour Party Constitution, the Electoral Act 2022, and INEC Guidelines and Regulations for Political Parties 2022.
The aggrieved members, in a press conference addressed by Mrs Oluchi Opara, the immediate past National Treasurer of the party, called on leaders of the LP, especially elected members of the party who are statutory delegates to both National Executive Committee, NEC, and National Convention, to rise and save the Party from the impending disaster.
They claimed that if Abure is allowed to submit any name to INEC it will void the candidacy of the prospective aspirant as he no longer has legal authority to do so.
“We know and are aware that Julius Abure and his cohorts are hell-bent on misinforming unsuspecting members of the public about the failed National Convention, especially when it has to do with the election of National officers of our Party and the amendment of our Party’s Constitution which INEC has refused to honour because lack of due process, no amount of propaganda can change badly taken decision to a right one when he we all know it failed to follow lay down constitutional provisions, regulations and guidelines,” she added.
“Julius Abure was caught with his soiled hands in the till of the party and has spared no effort in his attempt to destroy the party that has given him so much by doing everything possible to bring the party and his members worldwide to their knees.
“We stand and make bold to say that we learnt it on good authority that Julius Abure immediately after the ill-fated national convention in Nnewi, Anambra State had boasted that he was going to swamp INEC with so much cash in both local and foreign currencies to validate the illegality he had carried out in Nnewi, Anambra State, but he was unfortunate enough to meet an INEC Chairman and Commission who have sworn to uphold the oath of office to carry out the spirit and the letters regulating the processes that have been laid down for the strengthening of internal party democracy within political parties in Nigeria.
Ever since then, Abure has been running from pillar to post to make certain that INEC, which boycotted his ill-fated Nnewi national convention and did not monitor or observe the proceedings at the convention recognises and validates his illegality.
“We hereby wish to use this opportunity to thank the National Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and the staff of the Commission for their steadfastness despite the pressure heaped on the Commission to look the other way and validate his ill-fated national convention.
“With the resilience and good faith INEC has exhibited in the face of these odds, we have come to the conclusion that the future of Nigeria’s democracy is in good hands.
The failure of the Julius Abure-led leadership to follow simple regulations and guidelines for the conduct of the purported National convention is too obvious to be ignored by well-meaning members of the Labour Party and we sincerely thank INEC for upholding the law.
“We stand firm with the commission on the need for an all-inclusive National Convention that will ensure that the proper thing is done. “
LP Crisis: Allow peace reign our party – Chieftains beg Julius Abure