The Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has said that the constitution of the party Unseat the former National Chairman Julius Abure after the expiration of his tenure.
Obi, therefore, called on Abure and his team to sheath their swords and join hands with the National Caretaker Committee to rebuild the party.
Obi, who was represented by his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed stated this at the inaugural meeting of the caretaker committee of the party held in Abuja on Tuesday night in Abuja.
He stated: “Listen my friend, no governor unseated Abure, the constitution unseated him, Abure’s time elapsed. Nobody unseated him. As of today, Abure is our good friend, and a loyal member. We want him back in the fold, we have roles for him to play.
“We didn’t have crisis. We managed a transition which was a bit bumpy and that was it. I tell you, no other political party of our size could do that in the time and come manner that we did.”
“We are a political party who went all the way to the Supreme Court claiming our 10 million votes. They were only able to give us six million votes. So we are a force to contend with in Africa. What we’ve done has never been done before. When PDP came they had the military. We had nothing.
Obi noted that the opposition party was ready to repeat and surpass the feat recorded during the 2023 elections in 2027 by producing a majority in the National Assembly and winning the presidential seat in 2027.
He added: “What is more, we are buoyed by the fact that we warned Nigerians of the failure of APC, the dangers of APC is happening. They are failing more on the Nigerian economy. They are destroying the security of Nigeria. Every day in the news you reported it, our citizens are abducted. They are killed in hundreds in villages.
“We warned Nigerians this was going to happen. Desperate people took the victory of Labour party. What did they do with it? Our currency value was again destroyed. Security destroyed. Hunger in the land. Fuel removal of subsidies managed very very poorly, aggravated corruption continued lies and lies and lies,” Obi added.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Labour Party National Caretaker Committee, Senator Nenadi Usman assured party members of the Committee’s determination to rescue the party from the current challenges, restore and rebuild it as a veritable alternative platform for Nigerians.
She assured of the Committee’s readiness to lead the party to the path of reconciliation within the short time of its assignment.
Usman stated: “We are on a rescue mission, not just for the Labour Party, but I tell you for our dear nation Nigeria. The interest this committee has generated extends beyond party lines.”