The Interim National Chairperson of the Labour Party, Nenadi Usman, has said that only the faction of the party under her leadership will appear on the ballot in the 2027 general elections.
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Nenadi Usman made the statement on Monday during an interview on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television, where she noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recognises her as the legitimate chairperson of the party.
Nenadi Usman explained that, as the recognised leader, only she is authorised to communicate with INEC regarding the party’s primaries and congresses, insisting that the faction led by Julius Abure lacks such authority. According to her, there is no confusion over who leads the party.
The former lawmaker said, “Well, with the recognition by INEC, it means only one party would be on the ballot, and it means we are the only ones who can write INEC, and INEC would come and attend to the primary elections we are conducting, or congresses, or whatever.
“So it means that there will be no ambiguity about who is the leader and which part of the party is the party.
“So one more thing I want to say is, at this point in time, people are actually supposed to be thinking, first about Nigeria. Secondly, about the Labour Party. If you love Nigeria, you love the Labour Party, there’s an extent to which you would go.
“We are not attacking each other. If your tenure is over, your tenure is over. The institutional members, the other members of NEC come together, sit together with the leader of the party, who is His Excellency Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, because he’s the most senior political office holder in our party.
“So if you the major stakeholders, the NEC members, come together, sit together and say, okay, INEC has told us that we don’t have any leadership anymore, and because of that, we have to do something. We have to come up with a team that would help us organize congresses right from the ward level to local government, state and then culminate into a national convention.
“That has been done, and they said they do not want to do it, but you see the way you see me, I’m a very peaceful woman. I don’t look like somebody who has been out there fighting. I’m not a daggers drawn with anybody.” Nenadi Usman
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