A mass movement under the umbrella of Oga Ndi Oga Foundation has advised reportedly dethroned National Chairman of Labour Party, Chief Julius Abure to see reasons to step aside instead of dragging issues with Senator Nenadi Usman-led Caretaker Committee over leadership of the party.
Speaking to journalists on the latest development in LP, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, High Chief Godwin Agbasimelo advised Chief Abure to be rather grateful to God for granting him the opportunity to serve as the National Chairman of the party.
He said that had brought him into national limelight as one among the two major opposition political parties in Nigeria.
The Oga Ndi Oga boss, a renowned philanthropist who was instrumental to the popularity of the LP in Anambra State wondered what Abure was still looking for after making his fortune as National Chairman of the party during what could be described as booming era in the LP.
He said that Abure was in charge when the party had the opportunity to sell nomination forms to thousands of LP political aspirants nationwide.
He noted that his leadership was able to produce a State Governor, Senators, members of House of Representatives and members of State Houses of Assemblies in many States across the federation.
Giving more insight on why Abure should step aside and not drag issues with Senator Usman-led Caretaker Committee, Chief Agbasimelo who is a member of the Board of Trustees alleged that Abure had in recent time proved to lack the experience, capacity, competence and will power to move LP forward.
He said this was based on what he described as poor attitude and total neglect of stakeholders of the party. He accused Abure of negligence to critical issues of the party mostly in Anambra, noting that he abandoned those who engineered the rise of the party for his personal interest.
The Oga Ndi Oga explained how Abure abandoned him and the governorship candidate of the LP that was kidnapped and yet to be released after he became the flag bearer of the LP and nurtured the party into mass movement that brought it into limelight in Anambra State during the 2021 governorship election.
He said that prompted former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi to choose the party as the platform to contest the presidential election in 2023.
“I made Labour Party what it is today. People like late Senator Ifeanyi and Senator Andy Ubah had at different points used the Labour Party to run for governorship election in Anambra State though they couldn’t achieve their ambitions with the party.
“They instead used and dumped the party, but I picked it up, nurtured and groomed it to a mass movement in Anambra State and subsequently Peter 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 selling of nomination forms to thousands of political aspirants who bought nomination forms for President, Governorship, Senate, House of Reps and Houses of Assemblies elections.
“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 noted.
He called on those who he said were trying to follow Abure to drag issues with Senator Usman to sheathe their swords and join hands with Senator Usman-led Caretaker Committee to move the party forward.
The High Chief said that would enable the party to take over the helm of affairs in 2027, insisting that Abure had overstayed his welcome and needed just to thank God and step aside for LP to move forward.
