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Daily Post Nigeria LP: Obi, Otti desperate to hijack party leadership structure – Ibrahim Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Politics LP: Obi, Otti desperate to hijack party leadership structure – Ibrahim Published on April 10, 2025 By Seun Opejobi The Labour Party, LP, has accused its former presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State of attempting to hijack the party’s structure. LP’s National Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, described the National Executive Committee, NEC, convened by Obi and Otti as illegal. In a statement he signed, Ibrahim also condemned the decision of Obi and Otti to lead factional LP members to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
On Wednesday, Otti had led a high-level LP delegation to INEC headquarters in Abuja to discuss key developments within the party. DAILY POST reported earlier that the nation’s apex court had sacked Julius Abure, asking him to stop parading himself as the National Chairman of LP. During the visit to INEC, Governor Otti formally presented a Certified True Copy of the recent Supreme Court judgment concerning the party’s leadership Responding, Ibrahim said the visit exposed Obi and Otti’s desperation to hijack the leadership of the party.
He said: “The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to an illegal NEC meeting convened by Dr Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor and Peter Obi, Labour Party’s former Presidential candidate wherein they have continued to live in an unhealthy paradise and deluding themselves. “At the end of their illegal meeting in Abuja today, Mr. Peter Obi led other party outlaws to the Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in attempt to pressure the electoral Commission to take illegal action against our party leadership.
“The mission has shown the high level of desperation of Peter Obi and Dr. Alex Otti in trying to hijack the structure of the party. If really the Supreme Court decision is in their favour, why are they rushing to INEC to be putting undue influence on the Commission to do the wrong thing.
“Also in their meeting today, they also boasted of wanting to give the National Chairman, Barrister Abure a soft landing by offering him the position of the Chairman, Board of Trustees. But unfortunately for them, Abure didn’t make himself the National Chairman, therefore it is not about Abure but about what the structures have said. It is about the supremacy of the organs of party and it is about doing things right.
“We therefore condemned that illegal meeting and we call on our members and the general public to disregard the meeting and its outcome.” Related Topics: Ibrahim LP Obi otti Up Next Tinubu detribalized Nigerian, appointed 71 Northerners, South 63 – Presidency replies Ndume Don't Miss Ondo PDP Publicity Secretary resigns, calls party leaders ‘political bandits ‘ You may like Abure’s sack: Gov Otti leads Labour Party delegation to INEC, submits Supreme Court judgement LP demands investigation into secretariat attack, alleges insider involvement Alex Otti planning to collapse LP before defection – Abure-led NEC LP: Abure-led NEC threatens to sanction Peter Obi with stiffer penalty Anambra Poll: LP guber aspirant, Nwosu dismisses Moghalu’s emergence as candidate 2027: Northern politicians should wait for 2031- Neda Imasuen, Edo LP senator Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd.
