The two leading figures of the Labour Party (LP), the 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, have summoned an urgent meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
The meeting is scheduled in Abuja on Wednesday April 9, 2025.
In a notice jointly signed by Obi and Otti, the NEC meeting shall be followed concurrently by an interactive Town Hall Engagement by the leadership and other organs of the party alongside major stakeholders.
This is scheduled for Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
According to a statement by Ibrahim Umar, the Spokesperson of the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), “the meeting is in furtherance of the Supreme Court ruling last working terminating the Julius Abure-led NWC.”
The stakeholders listed to attend the meeting include the Vice Presidential candidate for the 2023 election, all serving and former Senators and Senatorial candidates of LP in the 2023 election, all serving and former members of House of Representatives and LP candidates in 2023 election, all members of the National Caretaker Committee and NTC, all former Governors and Governorship candidates who are still in the party, representatives of Nigeria Labour Congress/Trade Union Congress (NLC/TUC) Political Commission, and all members of the former LP National Working Committee.
