Abure Slams Otti-led LP Faction Over Infighting

The internal wrangling within the Labour Party took a fresh twist this week after Prince Tony Akeni, the factional National Publicity Secretary loyal to Peter Obi and Abia State Governor Alex Otti, accused top officials of neglect, sabotage, and deliberate attempts to frustrate the party’s national convention.

In a leaked pre-resignation memo dated October 9, 2025, and addressed to the party’s National Executive Council and Board of Trustees, Akeni protested what he described as “intolerable working conditions” and “policy sabotage” by certain officials within the interim National Working Committee led by Senator Nenadi Usman.

According to him, the committee, inaugurated in Umuahia on September 4, 2024, had been mandated to conduct nationwide congresses and an all-inclusive national convention within 90 days.

Over a year later—445 days into the process—no tangible progress had been made, he lamented.