The Labour Party, Wednesday, in its extended stakeholders meeting held in Umuahia, Abia State capital, appointed Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the party.
The Labour Party announced the removal of Julius Abure as its national chairman, leading to emergence of Senator Esther Nenadi Usman as head of a 29-member caretaker committee.
Usman, a former Minister of Finance represented Kaduna South senatorial district from 2011 to 2015.
Immediate -past Senate Minority Deputy Leader, Senator Darlington Nwokocha from Abia Central will serve as the Secretary of the 29 member committee, expected to complete its assignment in 90 days.
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The Caretaker Committee is to rescue the party from its current leadership crisis, and organise a convention where a new leadership of the party would emerge from the Ward to the national stage.
2023 presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi; his running mate, Datti Ahmed; Senator Victor Umeh; Lagos State governorship candidate of LP in 2023, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, were among the party bigwigs present at the meeting hosted by Gov. Alex Otti.
Abure has, however, dismissed the appointment of Nanedi Usman as interim chairperson to run the party’s affairs for a 90-day period.
Speaking through the National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, he described the appointment as illegal, unconstitutional, and an enterprise in futility, adding that the outcome of a validly conducted national convention held in Nnewi earlier this year still exist.
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