Embattled former National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has issued a sharp rebuttal to former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, accusing them of deliberately fueling the internal crisis within the party. Abure, who has faced months of leadership tussles and factional disputes, responded to recent comments by Obi in which the former Anambra State governor alleged that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government had infiltrated the LP leadership to destabilise it.
In a strongly worded statement signed by the National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, the Abure-led faction dismissed the claims as baseless, calling on Obi to take responsibility for the crisis plaguing the party.
However, the embattled chairman, who has continued to lay claim to the party after a Supreme Court ruling, accused Obi and Otti of orchestrating internal sabotage after failing in their alleged attempts to hijack the party structure ahead of the 2027 elections.
