The chairman of the Labour Party in Abia State Mr Emmanuel Nwaeze Otti, has said recently concluded party congress by a faction of the party loyal to Mr Julius Abure, is an exercise in futility as it didn’t follow due process.
Otti who spoke to the South East Punch on Monday in Umuahia the Abia State capital, stated that the Supreme Court gave a judgment concerning the leadership of the Labour Party, adding all actions at variance to the judgement cannot stand.
He revealed he had approached the court to stop the congress because
Abure lacks the illegal standing to embark on such an exercise on behalf of the party.
He said, “I was the person that went to court to stop the congress because that they didn’t follow the due process.
“Remember that on April this year, the Supreme Court gave a judgment on the right leadership in the party and that judgment must be followed to the latter.
“We have the judgment of the Supreme Court, and that is what we want to follow, and that is what we have decided to follow. So if you are going contrary to the law or the law of the land, what do you expect?
The LP chairman also commended the Governor Alex Otti for his performance since he took over office. He said the party members in the state are happy because the government they brought into power is doing well.
“The government of the Labour Party is doing well in Abia State and because our leader is doing what we expected of him.
“What do you expect when you have a good leader, you should always be happy; the Labour Party members including myself who is the chairman, we are more than happy. We appreciate our governor and we will always pray for him because he is giving us what we want.
Otti also dismissed the insinuations that the governor abandoned the party and many of his supporters after winning the election.
“If Governor would, in his style, bring in people who opposed him from 2014.
And if he will go far, bringing people who carried casket against him, people who said he will not govern this state, and then he will bring them into his cabinet.
“Now, think of the people who followed him. Maybe it’s the opposition who are bringing that insinuation, not the people who joined and who worked with him,” he added.
