WATCH VIDEO: Labour Party Reacts To Emergence Of Factional Presidential Candidate
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jun 09, 2022
Julius Abure, Chairman of Peter Obi's faction of Labour Party has reacted to the emergence of a presidential candidate from a faction of the party.
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The party which serves as the platform under which Presidential aspirant of Igbo extraction, Peter Obi is contesting has expressed shock at the sudden emergence of a Presidential hopeful in a faction led by one Callistus Okafor.
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Abure in an interview with Arise TV admitted there is a lawsuit on group, insisting it is nothing to raise concerns as layers of the party are handling the case.
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He also pointed out that Okafor's tenure as Deputy Chairman of the party expired since 2014.
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According to Abure, the factional chairman only tried gaining public attention with the emergence of Peter Obi as his faction's presidential candidate.
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He further disclosed Okafor was expelled from the party in 2017 and the party has since moved on.
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