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Peter Obi To Be Suspended Next Week—Labour Party Chieftain

<h4>Peter Obi To Be Suspended Next Week<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a chieftain of Labour Party has disclosed that Mr&period; Peter Obi&comma; the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party will be suspended from the party next week <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;except any last minute change of the plan&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party leader who spoke to OpenLife Thursday afternoon emphasized the recognition of the Julius Abure led faction of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission&comma; INEC&comma; saying that Peter Obi and his group have to be sent out of the party for peace to reign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Abure has the power&period; He is the one recognized by INEC&period; He can suspend any one in the party if the member is found wanting&period; There is no peace in our party because of Peter Obi&period; We need peace to be able to re organize the party&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Plans have already been concluded to suspend Peter Obi next week&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> the party leader who did want his name mentioned stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Technically&comma; recent checks indicate that the electoral body has recognized the faction led by Julius Abure&comma; officially listing him and Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim as the National Chairman and National Secretary&comma; respectively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the moment&comma; the duo of Lamidi Apapa and Senator Nenadi Usman&comma; are parading themselves as chairmen&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The caretaker team led by the former Minister of Finance was at the instance of Abia State Governor&comma; Alex Otti and LP presidential candidate&comma; Mr&period; Obi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Already&comma; Abure has suspended governor Otti and other members from the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meantime&comma; Supreme Court had last April overturned an earlier ruling by the Court of Appeal that had recognised Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The apex court held that the appeal court lacked jurisdiction over internal party matters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his own interpretation of the verdict&comma; Abure has insisted that the apex court did not ask him to vacate office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But faulting Abure’s claim to the seat of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tribuneonlineng&period;com&sol;">national chairman<&sol;a>&comma; Governor Otti&comma; accompanied by the LP presidential candidate had visited the INEC headquarter in Abuja last April and presented Certified True Copy of the apex court judgment to the Commission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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