By Jude Opara, Abuja
As the political temperature continues to rise, the Sen. Nenadi Usman led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has urged Nigerians to ignore the plot by the “disgruntled former national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, and some persons in the former National Working Committee” (NWC) to stir public resentment against the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, with claims that the former Anambra State governor has been expelled from the party.
In a statement released on Tuesday by Ken Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser, Media, to the Acting National Chairman, revealed that those sacked by the Supreme Court judgment but are parading themselves as members, are plotting to convene a kangaroo meeting with the aim of sowing confusion and mischief in the ongoing coalition efforts involving Mr. Peter Obi.
Asogwa who described the group as “political jesters unknown to the party but parading themselves as members,” said the alleged “impostors, acting on behalf of shadowy interests, intend to purport an expulsion of Mr. Obi from the Labour Party – a move as laughable as it is illegal.”
The statement further urged Nigerians to disregard the desperate rantings of the meddlesome interlopers whose only mission is to undermine the credibility and towering influence of Mr. Peter Obi in the coalition-building process aimed at rescuing Nigeria.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Labour Party, through a widely circulated statement issued on the 25th of May, 2025, made it categorically clear that Mr. Peter Obi’s involvement in the coalition talks enjoys the full backing and blessing
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