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Baba-Ahmed, who represented the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also explained that the contentious caretaker committee, which has brought them into conflict with the party leadership, was inaugurated because the tenure of the Julius Abure-led committee had elapsed.

He also absolved Obi and the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, of any blame, stressing that the decision to appoint a caretaker committee was constitutional and taken to ensure the party’s continued relevance.

The LP chieftain, therefore, appealed to Abure and members of his National Working Committee to sheath their swords and work in unity with the newly installed committee to rebuild the party.

“No governor unseated Abure; the constitution did. Abure’s time has elapsed. Nobody was unseated. As of today, Abure remains our good friend and a loyal member. We want him back in the fold because we have roles for him to play, along with all members of the former NEC and NWC. They are welcome to join us and continue building the Labour Party.

“We didn’t have a crisis. We managed a transition, which was a bit bumpy, and that was it. I tell you, no other political party of our size could have done that in the time and manner we did. We are a political party that went all the way to the Supreme Court, claiming our 10 million votes. They only gave us six million votes. So we are a force to be reckoned with in Africa. What we’ve done has never been done before. When the PDP came, they had the military. We had nothing,” he stated.

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