S’Court judgment: Abure, Obi Call Separate LP NEC Meetings

By The9JaTREND
The fight for the control of the Labour Party (LP) took a different twist today after the embattled National Chairman of the party, Barr. Julius Abure and LP 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi election simultaneously called for separate meetings of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to discuss the future of the party following Friday’s judgement by the Supreme Court.
While Abure’s NEC is scheduled to be held at the national headquarters, Obi and Governor Alex Otti moved their stakeholders’ summit to a different venue.
Both parties made the summons in separate terse statements made available to journalists.
The statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, read, “PRESS INVITATION: The National Executive Committee meeting of the Labour Party held on Monday, April 7, 2025, at the National Party Secretariat.”
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Barely an hour after Abure’s invite was released, Obi and Otti also sent out invitations calling for stakeholders’ engagement in what many believed was a counter-move to sway the loyalty of their supporters.
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The statement signed by Obi’s Spokesman, Ibrahim Umar partly read, “The two leading figures of the Labour Party, the 2023 presidential flag bearer Peter Obi and the sole state governor of the party, Alex Oti of Abia State, have summoned the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
“In a notice signed by the two men, the NEC meeting shall be followed concurrently by an interactive Town Hall Engagement with major stakeholders and other organs of the party at Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
“The stakeholders listed to attend the meeting include the vice presidential candidate for the 2023 election, serving and former senators and senatorial candidates of LP in the 2023 election, and serving and former members of House of Representatives and LP candidates in the 2023 election.”
More details later..