The Chairman of the Nenadi Usman-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia State, Emmanuel Otti, has accused the party’s factional National Chairman, Julius Abure, and his supporters of flouting the Supreme Court’s April 2025 ruling.
He also dismissed the congresses recently organised by the Abure-led faction, describing them as a “kangaroo” exercise conducted in clear violation of the law.
Speaking to journalists on Monday at the LP state office in Umuahia, Otti said he had obtained an order from the Abia State High Court last week halting all LP congresses nationwide, expressing disappointment that the Abure faction went ahead in defiance of the court directive.
He warned that the action could attract the wrath of the gods.
“Remember that in April this year, there was a Supreme Court judgement and that judgement must be followed to the last.
“So, if you are going contrary to the law of the lands, the gods will hit you. If at all they held any Congress anywhere, it was a Kangaroo exercise”, Otti said.
On the welfare of LP members in Abia, Otti said that Governor Alex Otti did not abandon the LP members as claimed by the members of the opposition party.
He explained that the members of his party who worked for the victory of Governor Otti are well accommodated in the administration and not shut out.
He disclosed that a recent sensitisation and evaluation tour his party carried out in various LGAs of the State confirmed the satisfaction of LP members about the performance of Governor Otti.
The LP Chairman further declared that Governor Otti and the Labour Party would win elections in all parts of Abia in 2027, based on what he called the unprecedented performance of the Governor.
