The Nenadi Usman faction of the Labour Party has slammed Julius Abure and his team over the threat to expel Peter Obi.
Recall that the Abure-ked faction of the party had threatened to expel Obi over anti-party activities.
The party’s threat follows Obi’s involvement in the 2027 opposition coalition and the adoption of the African Democratic Congress as its official party.
It also issued a 48-hour ultimatum for Obi to leave the Labour Party or face expulsion.
Reacting to the threat, the Labour Party caretaker committee led by Usman said such action is mischievous.
The committee said the threat by the Aburr-led faction lacks legal and moral backing.
In a statement issued by Usman’s senior media adviser, Eluma Asogwa said those issuing the threat to Obi are political impostors.
Asogwa also stated that they are acting on behalf of “shadowy interests.”
“The attention of the Labour Party has been drawn to plans by a group of political jesters—unknown to the party but parading themselves as members—to convene a kangaroo meeting with the aim of sowing confusion and mischief in the ongoing coalition efforts involving His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi.
“These impostors, acting on behalf of shadowy interests, intend to purport an expulsion of Mr. Obi from the Labour Party—a move as laughable as it is illegal.
“We urge Nigerians to disregard the desperate rantings of these meddlesome interlopers whose only mission is to undermine the credibility and towering influence of Mr. Peter Obi in the coalition-building process aimed at rescuing Nigeria.
“It is important to recall that the Supreme Court of Nigeria—the highest judicial authority in the land—has long affirmed, in a landmark judgment delivered on April 4, 2025, that the tenure of these political impersonators expired a long time ago.,” Asogwa stated.
