By Ogochukwu Isioma
The Calistus Uju Okafor led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has said his faction’s National Working Committee (NWC) is ready to open discussions with former Anambra governor Peter Obi, who had emerged as the candidate of the Julius Abure-led faction of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Okafor disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja following the emergence of Chief Digar Ezenwafor, a former Anambra LP state chairman, as its presidential candidate for the 2023 election.
He insisted he had nothing against the person of Obi but maintained the former Governor was in the faction of the party whose leadership was allegedly not recognised by the LP’s constitution.
The factional chairman told delegates the constitution of the party recognise him as the acting national chairman of the LP following the sack of its late chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam.
He said: “I am fighting for Justice. There’s no where in our constitution that says Abure, in his capacity as the acting national secretary can take over the national chairmanship position when we have the deputy national chairman and six zonal vice chairmen.
“We don’t have anything against Peter Obi but he should know he should know that the leader of the faction he belongs to, is an acting national secretary while, I Calistus Uju Okafor remained the acting national chairman. The court will soon remove them. I am very open to any discussion for the right thing to be done.”
