Peter Obi, Gov. Otti Are Labour Party’s Problem – Edo LP Factional Chairman

Factional Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State, Elizabeth Ativie, has accused the party’s former presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, of being responsible for the lingering crisis rocking the party.

Ativie, who is a loyalist of the embattled National Chairman of the LP, Julius Abure, made the allegation while reacting to the recent attack on Abure by Obi’s supporter, Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama P.

She specifically blamed Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for convening what she described as an “illegal expanded stakeholders meeting” held in Umuahia, Abia State, in September 2024.

“We want to state clearly that Obi created the problem in the Labour Party. It was him and Dr. Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State, that convened the ill-fated and illegally expanded stakeholders meeting in Umuahia on September 4, 2024, for the sole purpose of removing a legally constituted National Working Committee of the party through underhand means,” Ativie alleged.

The Edo LP factional chairman further questioned Obi’s leadership qualities, insisting that he lacks the competence and vision to deliver the “New Nigeria” agenda he often promotes.

According to her, “A leader who cannot advise or guide his followers properly can hardly be a good leader. It is even more dangerous to entrust the whole Nigeria into such one’s care.”

Ativie’s remarks add another layer to the deepening rift within the Labour Party, which has been battling internal power tussles since after the 2023 general elections.