Edo Labour Party condemns attack on Abure, blames Obi for party crisis

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BENIN CITY – The Edo State chapter of the Labour Party has condemned the recent attack on its National Chairman, Barr. Julius Abure, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, describing it as a sponsored assault aimed at ridiculing the party’s leadership.

According to the party, Abure was physically attacked last weekend by Ms. Precious Oruche, popularly known as “Mama P,” a skit-maker and social media content creator, while boarding a Max Air flight to Benin City

The party alleged that the attack, which continued throughout the flight and at the Benin Airport, was orchestrated to humiliate Abure and discredit the party through false allegations circulated online.

At a press conference in Benin City, addressed by the state chairman, Hon Elizabeth Ativie, the state leadership of the Labour Party dismissed Oruche’s claims that Abure was declared wanted by the police, that his tenure had expired, and that the current leadership had destroyed the party. 

The party insisted that Abure had not committed fraud, had been cleared by investigative reports, and remained the legitimate leader following a national convention held in March 2024 in Nnewi, where a new executive was elected for a four-year term.

The State LP chairman further alleged that the party’s crisis was triggered by its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, who it accused of convening an “illegal expanded stakeholders’ meeting” in Umuahia on September 4, 2024, in a failed attempt to oust the National Working Committee.

“Obi’s desperation to control the party has factionalised it. Despite all the goodwill he received from the leadership, his actions show he lacks the competence, character, and capacity to lead Nigeria,” the Edo chapter declared.

The party maintained that Abure’s leadership had strengthened Labour Party since 2021, recording one state governor, over 40 members of the National Assembly, and several state assembly legislators for the first time in its history.

While accusing Obi of abandoning a unanimous NEC endorsement as the party’s sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election, the chapter said his “arrogance and self-deification” had weakened his political fortunes.

The party vowed to seek legal redress against Ms. Oruche and her alleged sponsors, stressing that character assassination, assault, and cyberbullying must not be allowed to undermine Nigeria’s democracy.

“The Labour Party will not be intimidated or humiliated. The law must protect our democracy, and the sponsors of this attack must be fished out and brought to justice,” the statement added.

Bishop Solomon Oriaifo, a passenger in the Max Air flight condemned Oruche's attack on   Abure, saying that her conduct breached NCCA's law by also endangering the lives of passengers in the flight.

He asked the relevant authorities to make her face justice in the relevant court of law so as to serve as detergent to others.

Bishop Oriaifo also vowed to petition on why it should allow Oruch to fly with other passengers, going by her conduct before the flight was Air bound.

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