Labour Party In Turmoil: Nenadi Usman Backs Obi’s Coalition, Slams Abure’s Hidden Agenda

The Labour Party’s National Caretaker Committee, led by Senator Nenadi Usman, has thrown its full support behind Peter Obi’s participation in the current coalition movement aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu.

In a statement released through her media aide, Ken Asogwa, Usman emphasized that Peter Obi retains the unchallenged right to run for the presidency in 2027 under the Labour Party platform, should the coalition efforts fail to yield a unified front.

The committee also took a swipe at some suspended members of the party, particularly Julius Abure, for opposing Obi’s involvement in the coalition process. Usman criticized these individuals, describing them as having been expelled for anti-party conduct and therefore lacking the legitimacy to oppose a strategy clearly rooted in the national interest.

According to the statement:

“Peter Obi has remained consistent in his commitment to a coalition built on ending hunger, insecurity, and misgovernance—goals that align entirely with the Labour Party’s founding ideals. It begs the question: whose interest are Julius Abure and his allies truly serving?”

The statement went on to ridicule Abure’s faction for pushing the narrative of a 2024 national convention, which was self-organized, illegal, and explicitly nullified by the Supreme Court. It called the persistent reference to the gathering a disrespect to the judiciary and urged relevant authorities to treat it as contempt of court.

Finally, the committee urged the public to disregard statements from the Abure-led group, branding them as impostors. It advised citizens to seek credible information only from the office of the National Caretaker Committee headed by Senator Nenadi Usman.