The Labour Party’s (LP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has welcomed the Supreme Court judgment which removed Julius Abure as the national chairman of the party.
The lawmakers also described the verdict as an elixir for party’s stability and reinvention.
According to the caucus, the ruling served as a warning to leaders who play ‘god’ in a democracy, where the people ought to hold the ultimate authority.
Leader of the LP caucus in the House, Hon. Afam Victor Ogene who stated this on behalf of his colleagues further described the judgement as a “veritable tonic for the revitalisation of the party” that has been engulfed by leadership tussle in recent times.
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He thanked the apex court for the decisive judgment that has offered the party a new lease of life.
The lawmaker said with the development, the Labour Party will hasten to implement necessary mechanisms to restore internal peace and get the party back on track to reassure its teeming members for future elections and engender commitment to leadership that prioritises the interests and welfare of the people.
“In fact, by next week, we expect the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) led by respected former Minister of Finance, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman to convene an all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to chart the way forward,” he said.
He emphasised that the party’s leadership crisis could have been prevented if the ousted chairman and his team heeded the Caucus’ advice, or addressed the concerns of other stakeholders.
These stakeholders, Ogene stated, had urged caution and greater sensitivity in managing the party’s affairs.
“But in a brazen display of arrogance and naked power-mongering, Abure had ignored these warnings, thus creating an environment for crisis to fester.
“It is this uncertainty of not being sure of getting party ticket in the next general elections that has made the Caucus to lose as much as six members,” Ogene said.
