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The National Chairman of the Labour Party Julius Abure has rejected the 29 caretaker committee set up by the Presidential candidate of the party and the governor of Abia State. Remember we told you how Julius Abure was accused of embezzling Billions in these emerging files.
The meeting which was held at the Banquet Hall of the Abia State government house in Umuahia, was boycotted by the National Chairman of the LP, Mr Julius Abure.
However, Governor Alex Otti, his Deputy, Ikechuckwu Emetu, some members of the National Assembly of LP extraction including Senator Victor Umeh, Obi Aguocha, members of State House of Assembly were in Umuahia to honour the meeting.
During the meeting, former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman was appointed as the Chairperson of the 29-man Caretaker committee to pilot the affairs of the party and to guide it to electoral success while Darlington Nwokocha was named the Secretary.
Details of the meeting were still sketchy at the time of this report but the Special Adviser to Governor Otti on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma described it as a huge success. Reacting in a statement issued a few hours after the meeting, the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, stressed that Otti lacked the locus standi to oversee such a crucial meeting as if it was an extension of his state’s activities.
He said, “The so-called meeting in Umuahia is a charade, a waste of time and resources of Abia People. As clearly stated in our previous statement, the Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, and others who converged on Umuahia have no power within the party’s constitution, the Electoral Act and even within the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to convene any meeting of the party.
“The premise on which Governor Alex Otti called the meeting is faulty and mischievous. The government business is not transacted verbally but through official communication and correspondence which are done in writing. As we speak, there is no communication from INEC to the Party regarding any objection to the conduct of the National Convention. Read more here.