By our reporter| The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday said it only recognises the Labour Party faction that produced Peter Obi as its presidential candidate.
The National President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba made the disclosure via a statement obtained by Alabingo.com
“The leadership of the NLC and TUC recognize the leadership of the Labour Party led by Barr. Julius Abure, a former trade union leader and workers are part of the leadership,” the statement reads.
“The NLC and TUC are aware of only one presidential primary which was held in Asaba, Delta State on 30th May 2022 and produced HE Peter Obi as its presidential candidate and standard-bearer.”
‘’The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) monitored the presidential primary that produced Peter Obi. INEC recognizes only the Labour Party leadership led by the chairman, Barr. Julius Abure and the National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Umaru Ibrahim.
‘’They are the only Labour Party officials whose details are provided on INEC website. The leadership of the NLC and TUC gave full support to the processes that produced Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
‘’Nigerians, especially workers, youths and women, attended the presidential primary of the Labour Party in their thousands and were thoroughly satisfied with the outcome of the same.’’
INEC: Peter Obi is Labour party’s recognised presidential candidate…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has also confirmed Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, as the authentic presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP).
INEC commissioner for information and voter education, Festus Okoye, who made the disclosure while speaking with TheCable, said the electoral umpire only recognises the presidential primary that produced Obi as the LP’s presidential candidate.
According to him, the Abure-led LP complied with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 on conducting party primary, adding that the election that produced Obi was monitored by INEC.
“From the records of the commission, the national chairman of Labour Party (LP) is one Julius Abure. The same Abure gave the commission the 21 days statutory notice required for the conduct of party primary. In other words, no political parties can conduct party primaries without giving the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the statutory 21 days notice,” he said.
“It was the same Abure that gave the commission the date for the conduct of their presidential primary which was slated to take place in Asaba.
“The commission also monitored this presidential primary in Asaba which took place on May 30, 2022. It was at this presidential primary that Peter Obi was produced as the presidential candidate of Labour Party.
“The commission has given Julius Abure the access code to the candidate nomination portal through which the name of the right presidential candidate will be uploaded into our candidate nomination portal beginning from tomorrow.
“So as far as the commission is concerned, there is no faction in Labour Party as the commission did not monitor any other presidential primary other than the one organised by the one Labour Party under the leadership of Julius Abure which took place in Asaba on May 30, 2022.”
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