Edo State chapter of Labour Occasion, LP, has alleged that the disaster rocking the get together nationwide was brought on by its 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and never its Nationwide Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure.
The State chairman of the get together, Hon Elizabeth Ativie acknowledged this on Monday at a press briefing in Benin Metropolis whereas reacting to some allegations made towards Barrister Julius Abure by Ms Treasured Oruche, alias ‘Mama P’.
Ativie alleged that whereas the assault ensued, Ms Treasured Oruche in her posts made some false allegations towards Barrister Abure and the Labour Occasion management.
She mentioned that the mentioned Ms. Treasured Oruche accused Abure of being the individual irritating Nigerians and that the police has declared him wished over alleged forgery.
The state chairman of LP alleged that Mr Peter Obi’s failure to resolve and settle publish primaries elections protests throughout the nation was the main reason behind the disaster within the get together.
She additionally alleged that throughout the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the Nationwide Working Committee of the get together agreed to zone the ticket to the Edo Central senatorial district.
She mentioned the choice follows that of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, that had zoned their governorship ticket to the senatorial district.
Ativie added that as an alternative of implementing the NWC choice, Peter Obi allegedly got here to Benin to endorse Barrister Olumide Akpata because the get together’s governorship candidate.
In accordance with her, “first, we wish to state clearly right here that the issue within the Labour Occasion was created by Peter Obi.
“It was him and Dr. Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State, that convened the ill-fated and illegally expanded stakeholders assembly in Umuahia, September 4, 2024 for the only goal of eradicating a legally constituted Nationwide Working Committee of the get together via underhand means.
“Ever since that nocturnal assembly, the get together turned factionalised.
“Sadly for them, with all of the alleged inducements and assurances that the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, will dance to their tunes, nothing got here out of it.
“His desperation to regulate the soul of the get together has made him go haywire. It is a man which have obtained a lot goodwill from the get together management; a person who we laboured for, with out even a bicycle as a donation to the get together; a person we risked our lives for canvassing via the Sambisa space throughout the campaigns; a person we stood by all via the authorized tussles, even with a lot strain on us, but we refused to desert him.
“But, the easiest way to indicate appreciation was to chew the fingers that fed him. This is the reason we’ve got maintained that Peter Obi lacks the competence, character and capability to actualise the imaginative and prescient of a brand new Nigeria.
“And we name on Nigerians to watch out for such a personality whose private ambition is the one factor that issues to him”, she added.
