Consider nation and party over personal interests – Abure tells State Chairmen

By Jude Opara, Abuja

The national chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has charged the state chairmen of the party to always prioritize the interests of the nation and party over every other interest.

Abure who was appreciating the judiciary for always standing on the path of justice also said that he is optimistic that the courts in Nigeria will continue to do justices in respect of the various cases involving the Labour Party.

The National Chairman who was addressing the State Chairmen of the party from the 37 states and the FCT, who paid on him a solidarity visit at the national Secretariat of the party on Tuesday, hammered on the need for reconciliation and closing up the ranks within the party ahead of the general election.

“There is no family without disagreement, there is no political party without its own disagreement, but the ability to come together after those disagreement is what is most important.

“It is often said that it does not matter how many times a man falls but that what is most important is how he has managed to get up each time he has fallen and continues the journey. In other words, it does not matter the level of disagreements or fights but our ability to come together and be able to resolve our differences and move the party forward, is most important. So we are open for reconciliation and we are ready to resolve all our differences and move the party forward.

“The interest of the party and the nation supercede all other parochial interests. I want you to be conscious of the fact that the interest of the party and the interest of the nation supercede every other interest. With this in mind, I believe that we will be able to come together and have a more formidable party for the future of the country.

“I also want to appreciate the judiciary, so far for standing on the path of justice. And for standing on the part of rule of law, I want to appreciate all the justices starting from the Federal High Court and to the Court of Appeal for doing justices. I want to believe that the courts will continue to do justices in respect of the Labour Party cases.

“I want to appreciate the state chairmen for standing firmly by us, we drew a lot of strength from you. Seeing that you were behind us gave us courage and the might to continue to fight on. You are the one that gave us the courage to weather the storm. Just as you drew inspiration from us, we are also drawing inspiration from you.

“I want to assure you that there are better days ahead and that successes will be ours at the end of the day and that there will be light at the end of the tunnel,” Abure stated.

Speaking on behalf of the state chairmen, the Enugu state chairman, Dr Casmir Agbo said that it took the visionary leadership of the party ably lead by Barrister Abure to overcome the crisis.

He said; “We are using this opportunity to appreciate the judiciary for positively rising up the challenges with proper interpretation of the Nigeria constitution, the electoral law and the party constitution. We are however, calling on our brothers to sheathe the sword and join hands with the Abure leadership to reposition the party.”

The Labour Party has been facing different crisis since after the 2023 election, where it was rated to have performed very well coming third in the presidential election.