- On August 31, Okafor accused Obi and Otti of attempting to hijack the party for personal gain.
- Okafor said that Abure’s tenure ended on June 27, 2024, and it’s criminal deception for him to claim chairmanship.
Callistus Okafor, factional national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has said that the stakeholders meeting of the party set to be convened by Alex Otti, Abia state governor, is “illegal”.
Okafor spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said some unnamed people are using the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to validate their selfish interest.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.
Recall that Julius Abure also a factional chair of the party, has earlier rejected the calls for the meeting.
Meanwhile, Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate in 2023, and Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, are expected to attend the meeting.
The factional chair said he is not aware that the electoral body gave anybody permission to hold any meeting or set up a caretaker committee.
“Please, I want to warn against these erroneous words people are using against the personality of the INEC chairman,” he said.
“According to the constitution of LP and the consent judgment, I won’t allow any man to use this party for their selfish interest, no, not under my watch.
“People should stop using the name of INEC. I also want to call INEC not to give anyone the opportunity to drop its name.
“I have seen how the INEC chairman has been handling the matter in one or two months, he can’t give a letter to anybody to go and conduct any meeting or set up any caretaker committee.”