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By Alphonsus Nweze, Onitsha
Amid what looks like a new beginning for Labour Party with the appointment of a new Caretaker Committee led by Senator Nenadi Usman, the dethroned National chairman of Labour Party, Chief Julius Abure, has been asked to be courageous enough to step aside for the Caretaker Committee
A mass movement group known as “Oga Ndi Oga” Foundation, said instead of making move to drag issues with Senator Usman led Caretaker Committee over the leadership of the Labour Party, Abure should be grateful to God for the opportunity given to serve in the past.
Speaking to journalists on the latest development in Labour Party, the Founder/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Foundation High Chief Godwin Agbasimelo, who is a member of Board of Trustee (BoT) of the Party advised Chief Abure to resist the temptation of being “selfish and greedy” , rather he should be grateful to God for granting him the golden opportunity to serve as the National Chairman of the party when God zoomed it into national limelight as one of the two major opposition political parties in the country.
The “Oga Ndi Oga” boss, a renowned philanthropist who engineered the rise of Labour Party in Anambra State wondered what Abure is still looking for after raking in billions of Naira as National Chairman during what could be described as booming era of the Party.
He said the period during which the Party had the opportunity to sell nomination forms to thousands of political aspirants nationwide and produced a State Governor, Senators, Members of House of Representatives and Members of State House of Assemblies in many States across the country.
Giving more insight on why Abure should step aside and not drag issues with Senator Usman led Caretaker Committee, the BoT member pointed out that Abure has in recent time proved that he lacked “the experience, capacity, competence that will move Labour Party forward.
He accused Abure of poor attitude and total neglect of stakeholders of the Party.
The BoT member also accused Abure of negligence of critical issues affecting the Party mostly in Anambra State, noting that he abandoned those who engineered the rise of the party for his selfish interest.
High Chief Agbasimelo explained how Abure abandoned him and the governorship candidate of the Party that was kidnapped and yet to be released after he picked Labour Party and made it a mass movement that brought it to limelight in the State during the 2021 governorship election, prompting the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, to chose the as the platform to contest election for the President of Nigeria in 2023.
He went further :”I made Labour Party what it is today, people like late Senator Ifeanyi Uba and Senator Andy Uba had at different points used Labour Party to run for governorship election in Anambra State but couldn’t make any meaningful impact on the Party, instead they used and dumped the party, but I picked up the party, nurtured and groomed it to a mass movement in Anambra State .
Subsequently, Obi came on board and the Party became a hurricane at the national level under Abure as National Chairman
“But to my greatest surprise Labour Party raked in billions of Naira from 2023 general election through sale of nomination forms to thousands of aspirants as President, Governors, Senate, House of Reps and House of Assembly elections. And up till this moment Abure has never deemed it right enough to ask of me and the family of the 2021 governorship candidate. He never considered it right enough to send even a bag of rice to the family of the kidnapped governorship candidate knowing that the family has apparently lost their bread winner”.
He called on those who are trying to follow Abure to drag issue with Senator Usman to sheathe their sword and join hands with the Caretaker Committee to move the Party forward in readiness to taking over the helm of affairs in 2027, insisting that Abure has overstayed his welcome and needs just to thank God and step aside for Labour Party to move forward.
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