Derecognized factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has said he will continue to criticise former presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and Abia State Governor Alex Otti over their alleged roles in the party’s lingering leadership crisis.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Abure accused Obi and Otti of disrupting the peace that previously existed within the party.
According to him, the crisis began when both leaders allegedly established what he described as an illegal caretaker committee in Umuahia, which he said had become a major challenge to the party’s leadership.
Abure maintained that discussions about the Labour Party crisis would inevitably involve Obi and Otti because of what he described as their central role in the dispute.
He further alleged that the Labour Party was stable before Obi joined the party, adding that the former Anambra State governor contributed to the internal crisis before leaving for the National Democratic Coalition, NDC.
The Labour Party chieftain also claimed that Obi and his allies were creating similar challenges within the NDC, advising the coalition’s leadership to remain vigilant.
Abure said: “Now, let me, let me put it very clearly. Governor Alex Otti and Peter Obi destabilised the tranquillity of the party.
“You will recall that the party was running smoothly without major disagreement in the party. It was Peter Obi and Alex Otti who went to Umuahia to set up this illegal caretaker committee that have become an albatross to the leadership of the party.
“Therefore, because the crisis is still lingering, we cannot stop talking about it because each time you talk about the crisis in the Labour Party, the names that feature prominently is Peter Obi and Alex Otti.
“They are the cause of the crisis in the party, and that’s why we have continued to talk about it, not until the crisis in the party is finally resolved and dusted. We cannot stop talking about it.
“After refusing to allow us have peace and tranquillity in the Labour Party, before he joined the Labour Party, the Labour Party was peaceful. There was no crisis in the party. He created crisis in the party and left for NDC.
“And now let me put it this way, the same way they created crisis in the Labour Party is the same way they are creating crisis in the NDC. That’s why I have only just said that the NDC leadership should be aware. I’m happy that they are gradually taming them and gradually controlling them, so that they will have peace in that party.
“There is nothing wrong in giving advice to other leaders of other political party. After all, we are looking forward to having a Nigeria that works. We are working towards having good governance in the country, and therefore it is our responsibility as a participator in this process to continue to give advice even to government, to other political parties, and to even government agencies. There is nothing wrong.”
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