A fresh round of internal wrangling within the Labour Party (LP) played out on Monday as the Julius Abure-led faction of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) commenced its meeting at the party’s National Headquarters in Abuja.
Naija News reports that the high-profile gathering, which comes barely 48 hours after a rival NEC session held at the Transcorp Hilton, is seen as a countermove to recent developments threatening to deepen the party’s leadership crisis.
Present at the Abure-led meeting were key figures including factional National Chairman, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Umar Farouk; National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh; and National Youth Leader, Ken Ahanotu.
Also in attendance was the party’s former vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, alongside Labour Party Chairmen from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The latest development follows closely on the heels of another NEC meeting held on Friday by a parallel faction led by Senator Nenadi Usman.
The meeting, held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, ratified the appointments of Senator Usman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as Chairman and Secretary of an interim National Committee, respectively.
The decisions from that meeting were detailed in a communiqué released at the end of the session, raising fresh concerns about legitimacy and party cohesion.
Significantly, the communiqué from the Transcorp Hilton meeting bore the signatures of Abia State Governor, Alex Otti; his deputy, Ikechukwu Emetu; and Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Sylvester Ejiofor.
Also endorsing the resolutions were representatives from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC)
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