LP Crisis: Even INEC Clearly Stated That Abure’s Tenure Ended In 2023 June – Kingibe

Amid the crisis currently rocking the Labour party, the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe has stated that Julius Abure and his loyalists need to come to terms that his leadership tenure has come to an end.

She firmly stated that she is solidly behind the 29-man caretaker committee put in place by the Labour Party (LP) stakeholders at Abia state, last week.

GWG.ng reports that Kingibe stated this at the flag-off of a four-day free medical outreach.

Recall that the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, alongside the 2023 LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi had called for an enlarged stakeholders meeting to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the party.

At the meeting, which was held in Umuahia, Abia State capital, the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee was set up to steer the affairs of the party and conduct a national convention.

However, the embattled National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Umar Farouk and the National Youth Leader, Kennedy Ahanotu, were conspicuously absent at the meeting.

On Monday, during a press briefing, Abure and his NWC expressed displeasure over being sidelined at the meeting which was held in Abia. He went further to state categorically that Obi and Otti will be denied automatic tickets for the 2027 elections.

Delving into the controversy at the flag-off of a four-day free medical outreach, Kingibe said Abure and his loyalists were yet to come to terms with reality.

She said, “There is no crisis in the Labour Party. It is Abure’s NWC that refused to admit that its tenure has ended.

“Even INEC has clearly stated that Abure’s tenure ended in 2023 June. But Alex Otti and Peter Obi extended it by one year so the party could recover from the (2023) election losses before conducting the national convention.

“So their tenure was extended to June 8, 2024, which has lapsed. Whatever Alex Otti, Obi and other party stakeholders did is well in line with the constitution and INEC guidelines.”

Kingibe added, “It is left for Abure to come to terms with the reality that his tenure is over and it is time to do the needful. I am in sync with the Nenadi Usman-led committee and I back it 100 per cent. That is the way to go.” 

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