Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, and the Abia state governor, Alex Otti, have jointly called a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
The NEC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Abuja following last week’s removal of Julius Abure, the party’s national chairman by the Supreme Court.
In a statement signed by Ibrahim Umar, spokesperson for the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), the list of invited participants includes the 2023 vice-presidential candidate, current and former senators, senatorial candidates, members of the House of Representatives, and other 2023 House candidates representing the Labour Party.
The two leading figures of the Labour Party, 2023 presidential flag bearer Peter Obi and the only state governor of the party, Alex Otti of Abia State, have summoned the National Executive Committee (NEC) to meet in Abuja on Wednesday, April 9, 2025,” the statement read.
“In a notice signed by the two men, the NEC meeting will be followed concurrently by an interactive Town Hall Engagement with key stakeholders and other organs of the party at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. The stakeholders expected to attend the meeting include the vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 election, serving and former senators, and senatorial candidates of LP in the 2023 election, along with serving and former members of the House of Representatives and LP candidates from the 2023 election.”
Other attendees will include “all members of the National Caretaker Committee and NTC, all former governorship candidates still in the party, representatives of the NLC/TUC Political Commission, and all members of the former LP National Working Committee.”
