Abure’s Camp Explodes: Peter Obi, Gov Otti Branded Biggest Threats To Labour Party Survival

Factional Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State, Elizabeth Ativie, has alleged that former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is the root cause of the party’s internal crisis.

Ativie claimed that the expanded stakeholders’ meeting held in Umuahia, Abia State, in September 2024—convened by Obi and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti—was responsible for destabilising the LP.

A staunch loyalist of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, Ativie made the allegation while condemning the recent attack on Abure by Obi’s supporter, Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama P.

“We want to state categorically that Obi created the problem in the Labour Party. Together with Dr. Alex Otti, he convened the illegal and ill-fated stakeholders’ meeting in Umuahia on September 4, 2024, solely aimed at undermining and removing a legally constituted National Working Committee through underhand tactics,” she alleged.

Ativie further dismissed Obi’s leadership credentials, saying he “lacks the competence, character, and capacity to actualise the vision of a new Nigeria.”

“A leader who cannot properly guide or advise his followers can hardly be considered a good leader. Entrusting the entire nation to such an individual would be even more dangerous,” she added.