The Labour Party (LP) National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, says it would be unfortunate for the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti to challenge the court order which affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the party.
Ifoh made the submission during an interview session published on Thursday by Punch.
He argued that Obi and Otti would be out of line to appeal the judgement since they were not a party to the suit in the first place, and any move to appeal the court ruling would show them as power grabbers.
It would be recalled that a Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must officially recognise Julius Abure as the legitimate Chairman of the Labour Party.
In a decision delivered last Tuesday, Justice Nwite affirmed the leadership of the Abure faction of the party and validated the March 2024 Nnewi convention that established the…