The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP), led by Julius Abure, was removed based on a 2018 court judgement and an agreement facilitated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to a resolution reached at a party meeting in Umuahia, Abia State.
At the meeting, convened by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, the group resolved to dissolve the Abure-led NWC and appointed a 29-member caretaker committee, headed by a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, with Darlington Nwakocha, a former senator, as secretary.
However, Mr Abure and his supporters have rejected the decision, describing it as illegal.
PREMIUM TIMES obtained the details of the 4 September meeting, which contained the basis for the removal of Mr Abure and the NWC. It was signed by Mr Otti and Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election.
According to the resolution, a judge, Gabriel Kolawole, on 20 March 2018, ordered the party to conduct…