Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has requested factional Labour Party leaders Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa to challenge a proper apology in the event that they wish to be welcomed again into the get together.
Talking on Friday, July 18, on the Labour Party’s Nationwide Government Council assembly in Abuja, Otti mentioned the get together had little interest in expelling anybody however insisted that reconciliation should begin with a easy act of regret.
“We’re calling on aggrieved members of LP together with Julius Abure to reconcile with the get together. We aren’t taken with expelling anyone.
“All we’re asking them to do is to jot down a letter of apology in order that the interim leaders of the get together can recall them for us to work with them,” Otti mentioned.
The occasion additionally marked the inauguration of a brand new interim management, with Senator Nenadi Usman named because the Nationwide Chairman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as Nationwide Secretary.
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Each had been appointed to steer the get together till recent congresses are held to elect leaders from ward to nationwide degree.
However tensions throughout the get together have continued to rise, particularly after Abure reportedly withdrew an earlier promise to provide computerized 2027 tickets to Otti and the get together’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
That call got here shortly after Otti and Obi backed the formation of a 29-member caretaker committee led by Usman, an initiative the Abure-led Nationwide Working Committee flatly rejected, calling it unlawful and with out benefit.
Labour Party’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, responded by asking Otti to concentrate on governance in Abia State and cease meddling in inside get together affairs.
The unfolding drama has raised recent issues over the get together’s unity and route because the 2027 basic elections draw nearer.
