Labour Party’s Crisis Worsen As Another Member Seek To Be National Chairman

NAIJA NEWS 

The ongoing power struggle within the Labour Party (LP) took a fresh turn as Mr Callistus Uju Okafor, the party’s former Deputy Chairman, turned to the Supreme Court of Nigeria to affirm him as the rightful party Chairman.

Okafor, who stepped into the role of Chairman following the death of the former leader, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, in December 2020, is contesting the legality of his removal from the position.

He maintains that the party’s constitution still recognizes him as the acting National Chairman.

“I am the only acting National Chairman of the Labour Party. Every other person parading himself as such is fake. Lamidi Apapa and Abure are both fake,” Okafor declared during a press briefing in Abuja.

According to Okafor, his case is solidified by a consent judgement that previously acknowledged his ascension to the position.