The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Monday as the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee rejected reconciliation moves by Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, describing the effort as insincere and premature.
The Abure faction insisted that the legal battle over the party’s leadership was far from over and accused Otti of being responsible for the crisis now tearing the party apart.
The rejection came barely hours after Otti publicly expressed regret over the exit of the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing his departure as a major setback for the Labour Party.
Otti spoke in Abuja during a meeting with members of the party’s Board of Trustees, leaders of the National Caretaker Committee and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress.
The meeting followed INEC’s decision to recognise the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee—a move earlier described by the Abure faction as hasty, prejudicial and aimed at undermining the party’s leadership.
Otti also said the party would not participate in the forthcoming FCT council elections and ruled out joining any external opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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