FCT, Abuja – Tanko Yunusa, the interim coordinator of the Obidient movement, on Monday, September 9, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the only body that can decide whether the recent intervention in the party by Peter Obi and Alex Otti is legal.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election. Otti is the incumbent governor of Abia state.
It would be recalled that Barrister Julius Abure, the LP national chairman, was conspicuously absent at the enlarged stakeholdersâ meeting held recently in Umuahia, Abia state.
Otti had called for the meeting to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the party.
The intervention of Messrs Otti and Obi saw the composition of a 29-man caretaker committee to lead the party in the interim. Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, a former finance minister, emerged as the chairperson of the caretaker committee.
Subsequently, Abure rejected the move by Obi and Otti.
Responding to a question regarding the legality of the intervention during an interview on Channels TV monitored by TimesNow.com.ng, Tanko said that can only be decided by INEC.
The LP chieftain said:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Abure was suspended over alleged anti-party activities.
Abure’s suspension, according to two letters, was ratified at a meeting of the state executive committee in Benin, Edo state.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
