LABOUR PARTY PRESS STATEMENT: OPEN NOTE TO DEJI ADEYANJU — AMBITION WITHOUT PRINCIPLE IS WORSE THAN SUBSTANCE ABUSE

By Prince Tony Akeni, 

Labour Party National Publicity Secretary (Interim)

Deji Adeyanju & Prince Tony 

Substance abuse go far beyond narcotics intake, meth, _colos,_ heroin or other cerebrum invading and dementing hard drugs. 

Ambition without principle is worse than substance abuse. Any mental activity conceived in the labyrinths of ambition-damaged mind which distorts rational thinking and actions, either at a cost to the individual or to society at large, is as dangerous or more dangerous than substance abuse. 

These include uncontrollable drive for material acquisitions instead of society serving legacy, typical of officials of the ruling administration. It accounts for the pathologically obsessive attack rabies Deji Adeyanju harbours in his blood streams against His Excellency Peter Obi.

When ambition is unbridled and abused, blackmail becomes a strategy. The French social philosopher Oscar Wilde captured this when he wrote: "Ambition is the last refuge of the failure." George MacDonald was even closer home on Deji Adeyanju about greed driven hatred in his defining words: "Ambition is the evil shadow of aspiration."

Learning from mentors, Daniel Bwala and Reno Omokri

With the advent of the emilokan Presidency in 2023, Deji has learned crucial financial lessons. He learnt from his new mentors, the once merciless scorners and critics of President Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, the president's Special Adviser on Media & Public Communications, and Reno Omokri, the lynch pin of Nigeria's stomach infrastructure pseudo-critics. 

Deji learned that the shortest route to Tinubu's lake of federal treasury, bloated by the removal of subsidy, is to volunteer bootlicking services in either Tinubu's sycophancy orchestra or enlist in his infantry of attack dogs trained for the jugulars of APC's opposition leaders, chief of whom is Mr. Peter Obi. 

It is therefore not difficult to understand why, over the last several months, Deji Adeyanju frequently digs into Omokri's and Bwala's bags of heathen lies and blackmail manuals in pursuit of Tinubu's pockets and Tinubu's support for Deji's 2027 ambitions. 

One will, however, advise that Deji should not let the lures of corrupt administration politicians acquiring estates, plazas and mansions all over the capital and countryside make him succumb to unbridled ambitions for same.

Appointment or wealth by blackmail of the Labour Party's presidential phenom, Mr. Peter Obi, should not blind him to the true depths of the multi-dimensional sufferings of the Nigerian people on whose behalf he once claimed to be an activist for good governance, neither the excruciating urgency for the rescue of the Nigerian nation from second colonization by the ruling APC.

A good Nigerian 

Fortunately, there are still good Nigerians contrary to the view that holds otherwise. Fair-minded and upright citizens who do not need inducement, personal benefit or bribe to stand up for the truth.

One such Nigerian, Mr. Ike Abonyi, a reputable journalist and author, was present in July 2022 when the Labour Party's presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, His Excellency Peter Obi, in his uncommon humility, simplicity and amity, met Deji Adeyanju for a mutual conversation about their political interests in the 2023 elections. This involved Obi running for Nigeria's Presidency on the platform of the Labour Party, and Deji for the Abuja Municipal Federal Constituency seat in the National Assembly potentially also on the platform of the Labour Party. 

It was Mr. Abonyi, a common friend of both Obi and Deji, who brokered and witnessed the meeting from its first minute to the end. With a rational, psychologically stable individual, it was the kind of privileged private conversation between two citizens that ought to have been treasured and kept that way eternally. But not so with Deji. Instead Deji turned it into a feedstock of garbage fiction for his imaginary social media empire. 

On his part Abonyi has since publicly attested that not one moment in the entire meeting which he moderated was Obi involved in any act or confession of corruption involving investing Anambra state's money in his private family business while he was governor of the state. Deji has not countered or contradicted him.

Traditional "welcome" kola, logistics goodwill

In most parts of Nigeria and many African societies, it is age-old tradition to offer a guest the traditional kola nut fruit, complemented with supporting physical cash called "wedge" down south. Where the kola nut is not available, the custom is these days commonly monetized.

In modern times, this tradition has expanded into logistics goodwill, and sometimes affinity empathy where a host extends money support to a visitor that may have travelled some distance or denied himself other activities of the day to visit a host, especially a financially well-off host.

It is not called bribe but custom because it is not given to cover up, solicit or co-opt the visitor into an act of corruption, crime investigation or scandal. 

Thus, even if, without conceding, Peter Obi had offered Deji Adeyanju a physical kola nut or the monetized version of the custom, it is not an act of corruption but a courtesy of custom.

It therefore amounts to an extremely malevolent, duplicitous and despicable misrepresentation of an African tradition for Deji to convert the gesture to an arsenal of political blackmail as Deji has notoriously set out to do against Peter Obi before the world. 

To garnish his fairy tale with a facade of credulity in his double-down on a Channels TV interview, Deji added that during the conversation with Peter Obi, Obi confessed to him that he invested Anambra state funds in his private family business, the bases upon which Deji accuses and defames Peter Obi as "corrupt." An illogical, infantile, apparent concoction.

However, from all over Nigeria and far beyond our borders, the Labour Party is delighted with and thankful for the feedback we are receiving from millions of Nigerians on Deji's self-immolating tinder of lies.

Nigerians are asking: what did His Excellency Peter Obi give Deji a "bribe" envelope for, two months after winning his own Presidential ticket of the Labour Party at Asaba? Was it to help Deji bribe his way through party primaries over which Obi had no control and did not assert one? 

What, in Deji's poorly woven imagination, led Obi to confess to him that as governor he dipped his hands into Anambra state treasury? Was it for forgiveness of sins because at that time Deji was the in-house catechist of Anambra Government House Chapel and Treasury?

Deji knows this.

In every election of Nigeria since 2023 to date, Tinubu sets the tone for violent brigandage, killings and mayhem against opposition voters and citizens throughout Nigeria. 

The traumatic memory of countless pro-Obi voters lynched, bloodied and some gunned to death, including pregnant victims and housewives during the 2023 elections are still fresh. This anomaly has been emphatically entrenched as the norm in Nigeria's elections especially following Tinubu's political philosophy of "snatch, grab and run" away with ballot results and power. Deji Adeyanju knows this.

On the contrary, all over the country, rightfully loud and strident against bad governance, members of Peter Obi's Obidient movement peacefully type their views on public governance, protests and dissenting opinions from keyboards and digital space from the quiet of their homes. They do not bear guns, hurt a soul or kill. Deji  knows this.

On the other hand, Tinubu's APC youths and zealots run wild committing mayhem, murder, myriad havoc and life threatening violence against dissenting voices all over the country, especially during election activities. Deji Adeyanju knows this. 

On November 24, 2024, over mere NURTW drivers union election conflict, a conflict over which the Appeal Court of Nigeria had already delivered judgment against President Tinubu supported faction of MC Oluomo, thugs of the President's violence and mayhem generalissimo, Oluomo, audaciously stormed in broad day the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) headquarters in Utako. 

Armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, MC Oluomo's thugs broke into the NUJ headquarter conference hall where the Appeal Court victorious drivers faction were holding a press meeting. 

The thugs seized and beat up everyone within their grip, violently chased out the participants and in the process destroyed the cameras and equipment of several journalists who were covering the event. A felony committed with impunity before the eyes and right in the hive of the Nigerian press. Adeyanju knows this.

Yet Deji obsessively and frequently but wrongly label the peaceful Obidient movement of Peter Obi as an unruly, abusive and intolerant body, as he disingenuously depicted in his recent Channels TV interview. Only sheer hypocrisy and his vaulting narcotics-like ambition to join Reno Omokri and Daniel Bwala for Tinubu's employment, contract or consultancy showers can be responsible for that.

Otherwise, how could Deji switch his once copiously confessed preference for the benevolent dove personality, sterling economic intelligence and towering character content of Peter Obi whom Deji has hailed numerous times as the best presidential choice in the entire country, suddenly switch preference and campaign for President Tinubu whose violent supporters massacre voters and send some to early graves in virtually every election since 2023? 

Doesn't Deji know this?

Tony Akeni Le Moin

Labour Party National Publicity Secretary (Interim)

Tuesday September 2, 2025

How Federal High Court Interprets Supreme Court's Judgment on LP Leadership Crises: Declares Abure's Tenure Expired, Affirms INEC's Rejection of Abure's NEC!

 Comrade Tony Akeni, Interim National Publicity Secretary, Labour Party

Senator Nenadi 

The Federal High Court in Abuja today put paid to the protracted confusion trailing the Supreme Court judgment delivered April 4 this year on the tenure of the Julius Abure led National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour Party. 

The judgment has consequently also put to rest the ensuing furore of the judgment's true interpretation by contending parties.

Delivering its verdict today in the federal capital, the court unequivocally also upheld INEC's rejection of the Julius Abure leadership of the party contained in the electoral commission's affidavit on oath which asserted that Abure's tenure as national chairman of the Labour Party terminated on June 8, 2024, and that the purported Nnewi convention which Abure and his defunct council hitherto clung to was inconsistent with INEC's rules and regulations governing political party convention, the country's Electoral Act, illegal and therefore null and void. 

The development which gives the Nnenadi Usman council the clear and puts her squarely in the reins of the Labour Party leadership was made known today in Abuja by Sen. Usman Nenadi herself in an official statement on the judgment and spirited commendation of the judiciary on the party's leadership disputes and INEC. 

Below is the full statement.

I WELCOME THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT JUDGMENT IN SUIT NO. FHC/ABJ/CS/1523/2025 AND INEC’S SWORN CONFIRMATION OF THE EXPIRATION OF MR. JULIUS ABURE’S TENURE AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE LABOUR PARTY

I received with profound relief and deep satisfaction the news of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1523/2025, which today dismissed in its entirety the case instituted by Mr. Julius Abure against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This decision stands as yet another unambiguous and authoritative affirmation of the rule of law and the judiciary’s steadfast consistency in upholding the binding pronouncements of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

This latest judgment aligns squarely with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court, delivered on 4 April 2025 in Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025, which unequivocally nullified all previous recognitions of Mr. Abure’s purported leadership of the Labour Party. In its wisdom - and in strict adherence to the Supreme Court’s final pronouncement - the Federal High Court in Abuja rightly struck out the originating suit for want of jurisdiction. That decision of the apex court remains binding on all persons and authorities in Nigeria pursuant to Section 287 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I must also commend the Independent National Electoral Commission for the clarity, courage, and institutional integrity reflected in its Counter Affidavit during the pendency of the case. In that sworn testimony before the court, INEC categorically confirmed that the tenure of Mr. Abure, along with that of the entire National Executive Committee, expired in June 2024. The Commission further affirmed that it neither monitored nor recognised the purported National Convention held in Nnewi on 27 March 2024, having found it to be in flagrant breach of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Electoral Act 2022, INEC’s own Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022, and the Labour Party Constitution.

This unequivocal position, rendered under oath by the nation’s electoral umpire before a competent court of law, removes all lingering doubts and reinforces the imperative for every member, officer, and stakeholder of our great party to submit, at all times, to the supremacy of our Constitution and the dictates of the rule of law.

With this judgment - and INEC’s clear, unambiguous stance - it is time for all members of the Labour Party to put this needless distraction behind us and to recommit ourselves to the urgent task of rebuilding and repositioning our party into the credible, disciplined, and people-centred political movement that Nigerians deserve.

Under my leadership as Interim National Chairman, I remain unwavering in my commitment to ensuring strict compliance with our party’s Constitution, entrenching transparent internal democratic processes, and restoring unity, discipline, and shared purpose as we prepare for the political contests ahead.

_SIGNED:_

*Senator Nenadi Usman, PhD*

Interim National Chairman, Labour Party

15th August, 2025

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NIGERIA: Peter Obi Doesn't Have Times For Names Calling Politics, His Style Is Issue-based, Free From Personal Attacks or violence Says Tanko Yinusa

As far as the Nigerian politics is concerned, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections Mr Peter Obi has no tim for name callings, his political styles devoid of personal attack and violence.

According to the Coordinator of the Obidient Movement world wide Dr Yunusa Tanko in a video uploaded by Channels Television on YouTube, he  emphasized that Peter Obi’s political style is distinctively issue-based and free from personal attacks or violence.

His political styles, nomenclature and approaches to issues are contrary to expectations from certain quarters who are of the opinions that Obi should be bullying and yelling on the personalities of the perceived enemies of the Nigerian citizens 

Tanko said: “Have you ever seen Mr. Peter Obi abusing anybody? He doesn't even call names. He deals with the issue.

“He's an issue based kind of politician and he never engaged anything about violence and that's what makes him different and distinct”

Obedient leader highlighted that Obi’s politics revolves around addressing Nigeria’s critical challenges rather than engaging in divisive or cheap blackmail. His focus is on rescuing Nigeria from poverty, insecurity, and systemic decay, particularly in the northern region where the level of poverty is alarmingly high.

Peter Obi’s dedication to grassroots engagement was illustrated by his travels to volatile areas by road, visiting internally displaced persons camps despite security risks.

Yinusa also addressed concerns from some Obi's supporters who fear that his coalition talks with other political figures might dilute his clean record and ideology.

He reassured that these discussions are about uniting like-minded individuals committed to Nigeria’s rescue, not about political power plays or alliances that compromise principles.

Going forward to 2027, a strong and formidable alliance may be an added advantage to ensure victory at the polls against the anti- people led APC government.

Regarding the Obedient Movement’s role, Yinusa said the youth-driven movement is being reorganized to regain momentum after the 2023 elections.

He noted the movement’s expansion across Nigeria, including northern states previously less engaged, emphasizing the growing interest of Nigerian youths in good governance.

Press Statement: Peter Obi’s Participation in Coalition Meetings Enjoying Full Backing of Labour Party Leadership Says Sen. Nenadi Usman

Disclaimer: Re: "Julius Abure's Disapproval of Peter Obi's participation in Coalition Meeting"*

By Ken Eluma Asogwa

1. The attention of the Sen. Nenadi Esther Usman led Labour Party (LP) National leadership has been drawn to reports circulating in some sections of the media suggesting that certain members of our party, led by the former chairman, Barr. Julius Abure, whose tenure expired on 8th June 2024 and presently under a subsisting suspension, has voiced disapproval over the participation of our 2023 presidential candidate, His Excellency Peter Obi, in the ongoing coalition movement aimed at rescuing Nigeria from the failed APC administration in 2027.

2. The world should be aware that the National Working Committee (NWC) on behalf of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Party, under the able leadership of Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman, expressly approved and endorsed Peter Obi’s participation in the ongoing patriotic convergence of well-meaning Nigerians committed to dismantling the rudderless Tinubu administration in 2027. 

3. It is worth reiterating that Obi has consistently maintained that his interest lies solely in a coalition focused on eradicating hunger, insecurity, and poor governance - a vision that aligns squarely with the founding principles and aspirations of the Labour Party (LP). It is therefore baffling, that individuals who have been shown the exit door for their anti-party activities now seek to question a move so clearly rooted in national interest. 

4. One is left wondering whose agenda Julius Abure and his cohorts have truly been advancing. Is it that they disagree with Obi and the Labour Party that Nigeria is presently facing an unprecedented crisis requiring collective action to salvage?

5. While the Labour Party wholeheartedly welcomes the coalition movement driven by the Nigerian people, we also reaffirm Peter Obi’s unequivocal right to contest the 2027 elections under the Labour Party platform - should the ongoing coalition efforts fail to materialise.

6. In the meantime, it is rather comical that Abure and his band of entertainers continue to peddle the narrative of a purported 2024 national convention which was self-convened, unlawful, and ultimately denounced by the Supreme Court of Nigeria as illegal. 

7. The repeated reference to this so-called convention is not only misleading but also a flagrant contempt of the Supreme Court's judgment of 4th April 2025 that Sacked Julius Abure having Nullified the Federal High Court and Appeal Court Judgements that recognized Abure As National Chairman for lack of Jurisdiction in addition to the expiration of the tenure of the 2019 elected NWC members on 8th June 2024  and should be treated as such by the appropriate legal authorities.

8. In view of the foregoing, the general public is hereby advised to disregard any statements emanating from these impostors masquerading as party leaders. For authentic and authoritative information regarding the Labour Party, the public is urged to rely solely on communications from the office of the National  Chairman of the party led by Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman.

Signed

*Ken Eluma Asogwa*

Senior Special Adviser, Media, to Senator Nenadi Usman, National Chairman of Labour Party (LP)

NLC tired of mercantile, criminal tendencies of Julius Abure, others: Thrashing the Confused Rhymes by one Calistus Ihejiagwa — NLC Political Commission

It has become a predictable pattern for the few charlatans who eat from the diseased table of the disgraced character who calls himself a former Chairman of Labour Party, Mr. Julius Abure, to cry like babies from whose mouth breast was taken away any time the authentic leadership of the Labour Party addresses Labour Party issues. 

Truly, the breasts of easy fortunes have been taken away from Abure and the few minions he has surrounded himself with. We are talking of the breasts from where millions of naira are sucked away from the pockets of desperate politicians who are attracted to the weight of nobility that the Labour Party epitomises. Mr. Julius Abure and his fellow appointed (not elected) impostors parading themselves as national and state officers of Labour Party are the mouths sucking money from gullible Nigerians through a Labour Party they had turned into a merchant store. But not any more.

The Nigeria Labour Congress tired of the mercantile and criminal tendencies of those who claimed to be Labour Party leaders and their relentless brigandage at putting on the Labour Party a robe that the founding fathers never sewed, has stepped in to say 'enough'. 

As most people already know, characters like Julius Abure and his confused lackeys in appointed positions in the states have used fraudulent and unconstitutional means to get to political party positions. Their only motivation is to use party positions to buy and sell without any qualms about the ideology and values  of the Labour Party. It is easy to see why Abure would rather die than leave the Labour Party alone. He and his minions have no other means of livelihood. 

To remove the stench that the ilk of Belial had brought upon the Labour Party, the first step that the NLC took as the founders and owners of Labour Party (a fact echoed in the Federal High Court Consent Judgement) was to call for the review of the leadership recruitment process in the Labour Party. The NLC demanded for real, inclusive and all encompassing elections into all the party structures and offices of the Labour Party from ward to national level. This is the unimpeachable position of the consent judgement by Justice Gabriel Kolawole in April 2018. 

It is the violation of this judgement that rendered the erstwhile so called leadership of Julius Abure and his appointees (contrary to the provisions of the Labour Party Constitution) invalid, illegitimate and illegal. This was part of the reasons the Supreme Court ruled in a very clear language that Abure's tenure had since elapsed. 

The tragedy of Abure's erstwhile  leadership of the Labour Party is that it was built on fraud and criminality. From the word 'go', the NLC told him and the jobless clowns around him that the noble character of Labour Party abhors shenanigan political conduct. 

Back to the issue of constitutionality as ignorantly peddled by an Abure minion who claims to be the Imo State Chairman of the Labour Party. Can he tell us the Convention that produced Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party? By this we mean before the Supreme Court outlawed the Town Hall Meeting in Nnewi that Abure dubbed as a National Convention! 

Can Mr. Ihejiagwa tell the world how Abure produced the delegates that returned him and his co-travellers as Labour Party leaders? Where has the Convention of a party ever commenced from top to bottom? Only in Clown Abure's world and in the Labour Party Constitution written in his crooked head that such can happen!

Now, we invite Nigerians to see the depth of our difficulties responding to inanities and bunkum nonsense as the one posed as a write up by Mr. Ihejiagwa. How do you correct incorrigible lackeys who have sold their souls to the devil? How do you do a rejoinder with someone whose shallow write up contains no shred of factual evidence? 

We take the pains to respond to hollow write up like the one by Mr. Calistus because we believe that we have the duty of clarification to ordinary Nigerians whose future establishment politicians are toying with using people like Abure as their hatchet man. It is unfortunate that Abure avails himself as the political Judas of our time. We know him very well. He worships money and can sell his family for a few coins.

Now thrashing Abure as the nonentity that he is, we urge Nigerians to leave him and his goons in the landfill of history where they belong. Labour Party has moved  on under the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) duly appointed by the NEC of the Labour Party to reposition the Labour Party to fulfil her potentials.

Abure is old news. The topic of the day is that by the Consent Judgement and the Supreme Court Judgement, the Labour Party has been freed from the burden of the thirty pieces of silver thrown at Abure by the political establishment. The Labour Party under the NCC as duly constituted by NEC is currently focused on rebuilding a Labour Party that Abure and his gang almost burnt to the ground. The plumb line is the ongoing nationwide Labour Party membership registration and revalidation exercise in preparation for the inclusive national convention as ordered by the Consent judgement and affirmed by the Supreme Court judgement.

While Abure continues to grasp for loose coins, serious characters in the Labour Party have moved on to reposition the Labour Party from a corner-shop to an ideological political party built on decent values and constitutionality.

Comrade Eche Asuzu

Secretary, NLC Political Commission

Two Years in Office, Peter Obi Extols Alex Otti's Achievement's, Says You Don't Need to Tune to Radio to See His Works

Obi/Otti

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi has extolled the achievements of Abia State Governor, His Excellency Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, within 2 years in office, stating that one doesn't need to tune to the radio to know what the Governor is doing.

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‎According to the ‎Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State ‎Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, Mr. Peter Obi was speaking during a ‎Special Anniversary Sabbath Service held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Aguiyi Ironsi Layout, Umuahia. He noted that the two years anniversary of Governor Otti is worth celebrating as he has shown two years of impactful leadership with a difference.

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‎Obi said: "We have come to celebrate Two years with a difference. People have always said that they need eight years, they need ten years, they need twenty years. But, I've always said that one day can make a difference.

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‎"Everybody is seeing it in Abia. You don't need to tune to the radio. You don't need people to tell you. There's a difference. And that's what we're celebrating today.

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‎While calling on Abians to continue to uphold the Government of Governor Alex Otti in prayers, Mr. Obi urged Nigerians to pray that God touches the leaders as trustees to always use public funds to serve the people like Dr. Alex Otti is doing in Abia.

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"It is difficult to govern Nigeria, especially when you want to do it right. Continue to remember the Governor and the Commissioners who are helping him in prayers. Do the same thing for Nigeria; ‎that God should touch all of us who are leaders. Touch our hearts to use public money for public good. It is not our money.

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‎"We are just trustees. Like it's happening in Abia. We want it to happen everywhere in Nigeria.

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‎"When I say to people, I'm not desperate to be a President, I'm desperate to see Nigeria work. We want future leaders like him (Governor Otti)," the former Anambra Governor stated. 

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‎Speaking at the event, Governor Alex Otti attributed all the modest achievements recorded by his administration within 2 years to God who has been inspiring and strengthening him.

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‎Governor Otti who noted that without the grace of God and his enablement, all his vision for the State would not have been made possible.

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‎"I think, it's 1 Corinthians 3, verse 6, I'm going up to verse 7, and it says, I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God gave the increase. I, in this case was Paul. Paul said he planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase"

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‎"And verse 7 goes further to say, neither he who planted is anything, nor he who watered, but God who gave the increase. And that's why we are here, because we know that, we all have worked hard, but then you could work hard and nothing would come out of it, if God doesn't give you the increase and doesn't back you up.

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‎"So, because we recognize that everything we have done is of the Lord... so we return all the thanks to him," Governor Otti stated.

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‎He used the opportunity to thank all government officials including the legislative and judicial arms for their support for the new Abia project.

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‎While also thanking the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi for always identifying with his administration, he equally appreciated the Church for their sustained prayers.

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‎Earlier in his message on the topic; "At The Fullness Of Time", the former President, Abia North Conference of Seventh - Day Adventist Church, Pastor Enyinnaya K. Uguru enjoined leaders to be cautious on how they celebrate the present else they loose focus of the future. He  stated that God's purpose manifested in the life of Governor Otti in 2023 after several attempts to become  Governor, adding that "Periods of delays are periods of preparation."

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‎Pastor Uguru who said he stopped listening to Government media platforms because of lies, boldly said that the Governor is doing very well. "You are doing well, am saying it because I have evidences."

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‎While reacting to the theme of the celebration "Two years of Transformation; Sustaining the Momentum", the preacher said with Governor Otti on the saddle, Abia would continue to prosper. He prayed God to give the Governor more wisdom and understanding for more selfless services to the people.

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‎The service which featured special prayers for the administration of Governor Alex Otti and his cabinet was attended by notable Abians including senior Government appointees. 

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Tinubu's INEC: The prospects and challenges of a free, fair and credible elections in 2027

 Bola Tinubu and
His INEC Chairman 

Elections are a central feature of representatives democracies. For elections to express the will of the electorate, they must be ‘free, fair’ and 'credible'.


Free, fair and credible elections are largely determined by the electoral body. Nigeria's independent National Electoral Commission INEC under Professor Mahmood Yakub or anyone as may be later appointed and their subordinates are the major bane and barriers to credible and acceptable elections in Nigeria. While the INEC neutrality is questionable, judiciary has long seized to be the last hope of anybody but a place of judicial trades for the very few with highest influence and highest bidders. The Nigeria's Judicial Service Commission has sanctioned in the past judges handling Election Petition Tribunals but not now any longer with the level of unhindered immunities in the temples of justice. So an unbiased electoral system and body for a free, fair and credible elections are non negotiable.

‘Free’ means that all those entitled to vote have the right to be registered and to vote and must be free to make their choice. According to our constitution, every citizen over the age of 18 is entitled to vote.

Also an election will be considered ‘free’ if you are allowed to decide whether or not to vote and vote freely for the candidate or party of your choice without fear or intimidation and or harassment. A ‘free’ election can also be regarded as where you are confident that who you vote for remains your secret.

By ‘Fair’, it means that all registered political parties have an equal right to contest the elections on the same level ground, campaign for voters support and hold meetings and rallies. This gives them a fair chance to convince voters to vote for them.

A fair election also denote an election in which all voters have an equal opportunity to register, where all votes are counted, and where the final results reflect the actual vote totals.

"Credible" implies an open and transparent process especially by the electoral umpire which will make the actual outcome capable of being believed by the more than simple majority of the citizens.

By credible, it also means the outcome of the the whole process is worthy of the citizens' confidence. The results are reliable and not manipulated. The level of genuine neutrality of the electoral commission dictates the credibility of any election.

Therefore, It's one thing for the election to be free and fair on the filed on election day across polling units, it's another thing entirely for the electoral umpire to admit and allow votes of the people to actually be the final outcome or results. The credibility of an election will make it even more acceptable to the losers and runner up without unnecessary litigations that usually accompany every election in Nigeria.


With the exception of the 1959 and the annulled June 12 1993 general elections, elections in Nigeria have always been marred by irregularities and lack of transparency from electoral body, collusion with either ruling or opposition party for manipulation of the election's outcome, implementing an electoral process with procedures that encourages violence and anarchy . The 1964/65 Western Regional and National elections, the 1979 and 1983 federal election, the 2003 and 2007 presidential and governorship elections were elections that encouraged anarchy as they were generally adjudged far below free, fair and lacked in any measure for credibility test, basically because of INEC collisions with either any of the contending major parties leading to endless litigations in each cases.


Meanwhile, aside the 2015 general elections which can simply be categorised and termed as a mob elections, the 2019 and 2023 general elections overtly revealed that those who voted had done nothing but those who counted and determined the votes are the ones that occupied the Central Processing Unit of the electoral and democratic system as it were very glaring for all to see in those elections.

Despite improved electoral laws and introductions of e-voting machine , B-Vas, there were overt indications of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) been bias, non transparent most especially with uses of even B-Vas, alterations of the election results both on B-Vas and on form EC8, inconclusive elections as a result of materials not timely taken to the polling units on election day.
Collusions with rejected APC national leader Tinubu to upturned the people's will, as Tinubu who paid their pipers dictated their tune in a supposedly general election meant for majority of the citizens to decide on who governs us for a period of four years. Remarks by incumbent president himself that he bought his way to the presidency also confirmed all these.

Coming to term with the individuals occupying various positions within the electoral umpire such as INEC chairman, INEC commissioner among others, the appointments to these positions are political appointments. This is exactly where and reason the credibility of the electoral outcomes are been compromised and sacrificed in Nigeria. Funny enough is that all those that have been appointed and served as INEC chairman are all university professors who have pleasures in subverting the will of the majority for their personal aggrandizements.


The appointment of the incumbent INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu was said to have been influenced back the in 2018 by Bola Ahmed Tinubu and as a result, against all odds INEC chairman decided the outcome of 2019 presidential election in favour of Major General Muhammadu Buhari who had lost all credibilities to win the Said election considering the level of hungers, compounding existing Boko Haram with bandit and Fulani herdsmen menace amidst human rights violations, lack of respect for rule of law, etc. To simply put it, 'the CIA agent Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been in charged, remotiing and controlling INEC before ever becoming the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


The prospects of any free, fair and credible elections under him as the sitting president looks very invincible.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu ensured Buhari was re-elected through his puppet INEC chairman Mahmood Yakub in a grand calculation for his 2023 presidential ambition which saw him and his gangs unleashing all forms of deceits, manipulations and impersonation at the highest order including impersonating the clergymen.

The prospects and chances of having a free, fair and credible elections comes 2027 under the Tinubu led APC anti- people government and an INEC that takes orders directly from him will be absolutely impossible.


On the state of the political parties in Nigeria currently, just like the late military Totalitarian dictator General Sani Abacha was to emerged the sole presidential candidate of the all political parties formedy perior his sudden death in 1998, Tinubu and his Mafia camp have been earnestly working to undermine and subvert the democratic processes, moving the country towards a one party system.

The Tinubu and his Mafias who are in APC and in his government are also directly and indirectly dictating the fates of other political parties as PDP is in their hands too, while the same INEC has been the weapon of distabilisation in Tinubu's hands holding Labour Party (LP) down ineffectively immediately after the 2023 general elections just as was the case with Omoyele Sowore led African Action AAC after 2019 general elections. For the LP, INEC that refused to accept the kangaroo National Convention that returned Barrister Julius Abure as the National Chairman has also refused to upload the names of the Senator Nenadi Esther Usman led National Caretaker Committee of the party even after a Supreme Court judgement sacked else while Chairman Abure. For months now, INEC is still studying the court judgement.


Suffix to this is the fact that this same INEC has made the registration of new party nearly impossible. Even the Social Democratic Party SDP that some aggrieved politicians and citizens seemly running to can't be adjudged clear of Tinubu's influence. He was to contest the 2023 presidential election in the SDP platform if APC had denied him the presidential ticket.


Off season elections conducted so far in Edo, Ondo are another testaments of systemic disruption of oppositions in favour of the ruling party. These are the litmus tests if what to expect in 2027.


Removing the bias, unfair and non neutral Professor Mahmood Yakub by Mr President, to nominate another of his stoogees for the National Assembly to rubber stamped again may not help going forward to 2027 as the entire citizens of voting ages are on the verge of been manipulated and shortchanged again.

An electoral reform by the National Assembly that ensure that the sitting president does not nominate top INEC officers may go a long way to reduce underground and unconstitutional interference in the activities of the umpire.

Conclusively, as our forefathers at independence opted for a democratic and egalitarian society, it's the duties of all of us to mobilize, sensitize citizens on the needs for a credible, free and fair elections. We must continue to speak and stand against Intimidations and brazen harassment of voters as openly seen in 2023 presidential and national assembly elections and most especially the governorship elections in some states and Lagos, Rivers, Kogi in particular.

The essential of governance is to serve the people. Maximum pleasure for greater numbers of people but in the case of Nigeria and her citizens, it has been maximum pains for an absolute majority while the very few and less than minority including the incumbent President are living large in frivolous and lavish spending as seen in their budgetary allocations to themselves. Students loans already cornered. Hunger ruling without mercy, no end in sight to criminalities, terrorism , banditary, Fulani herdsmen menace and kidnapping for ransoms

Nigerians should know that they want to contend and contest not only against brutal Tinubu led APC that believed in antidemocratic highjacking and run with it principles but also against the Tinubu's INEC that will be ready to hand him a certificate of return even if he failed to contest in the forth coming 2027 general elections.


Infact, as far as 2027 is approaching, factor that can ensure free, fair and credible elections will be an unwavering determinations by Nigerians to enforce it at the polling units level against the ruling party, INEC and institutions and agencies of state or the readiness to go the Malian way or Burkina way in another hand if the need be for a democratic reset.

Nigerians should rather win the 2027 elections at the polling units or loss it forever.




Sir Dele Abiola
oluabiola81@gmail.com

Abductions of the NANS President, #VeryDarkMan (VDM) Lack Civility, affect our economy, business environment Says Peter Obi

Peter Obi 

Labour Party Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections Mr Peter Obi has described the allegations of Abduction of the NANS President Atiku Abubakar Issah and  the manner of arrest of Mr Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) as lacking in Civility.

According to Obi in a statement made available through his verified social media hands, the Recent developments in our nation continue to raise serious concerns about the direction we are headed as a democracy. The tension in the land aggravated by hardship is being needlessly fueled by our attitude to the rule of law and human rights.

He said the arrest of Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), though perhaps within the legal rights of security agencies, was carried out in a manner that left many Nigerians unsettled.

Peter Obi stated that the display of force, lacking in transparency and civility, closely resembled an abduction, a disturbing method that not only creates fear but also risks being mimicked by criminal elements. If Nigerians begin to struggle to distinguish between legitimate arrests and unlawful abductions, we will lose a vital layer of national security and accountability.

"This trend is not new. We must recall that even our esteemed judges, the last line of defence for justice, have suffered similar indignities in recent years. When those who interpret the law are treated with such disregard, it is difficult to expect that ordinary citizens will feel protected under the law."

"Moreover, these methods are beginning to affect our economy and business environment. The backlash directed at GTBank, allegedly linked to the circumstances surrounding Mr. Otse’s arrest, has had serious reputational consequences. At a time when investor confidence is already fragile, we must do all we can to avoid actions that tarnish institutions or undermine the trust of both citizens and the international community."

"One cannot help but ask: was it impossible to invite Mr. Otse in a civil, transparent, and legal manner? Would that not have spared Nigerians, GTBank, and our national image the unnecessary shame and losses we now witness?

'Similarly troubling are allegations surrounding the so-called adoption of the NANS President If true, it raises critical questions about the independence of student leadership and the subtle erosion of young voices in our democracy. Nigeria’s youth should not feel coerced, silenced, or absorbed into political agendas that do not reflect their will. The oppression of young voices, whether through force, patronage, or intimidation, is a dangerous path that we must not normalize."

'We must return to a Nigeria where justice is done and is seen to be done without theatrics or abuse. A country where youth can speak freely, judges can serve with dignity, and institutions act responsibly. That is the Nigeria we must rebuild. Obi concluded.

A new Nigeria is POssible!

MY TRIBUTE TO PA AYO ADEBANJO AS A LEADER OF LABOUR PARTY IN LAGOS STATE — CHIEF ADENIJI

BARR JULIUS ABURE SHOULD RESIGN IN REFERENCE TO BABA AYO ADEBANJO AND CHIEF EDWIN CLARK FOR THE APPRECIATION OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO A RESTRUCTURED AND UNITED NIGERIA.   

I grew up in Lagos to key into the activities of Pa AYO ADEBANJO as early as 1978 during the transition from military to the civil rule of the 2nd republic of Nigeria that birthed the UPN state governments from 1979 to the end of 1983.                                

As a follower of the SAGE, CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO, He ensured the continuation of the PROGRESSIVE IDEALS that birthed subsequent political organisations through adherence to the AFENIFERE VISIONS AND OBJECTIVES for sustainable development of Nigeria. 

The emergence of NADECO as a result of the annulment of the 3rd republic was also a testimony to his cooperation with like minded citizens for genuine democratic practice in Nigeria.          After the June 12th annulment that also truncated the emerging 3rd republic, all democrats of principle formed NADECO with the view to ensure permanent return of the military to the barracks, BABA was at the forefront and a guiding personality until the demise of the Totalitarian head of state Gen Sanni Abacha.                               

It is due to HIS INTEGRITY OF PURPOSE AND COMMITMENTS to these ideals that created the gap between HIMSELF and the beneficiaries of the June 12th struggles, who became political leaders of the nation after the 1998 general elections. 

It became clear that most of them were opportunists, military apologists and ASSETS of foreign interests.                       

BABA maintained HIS AFENIFERE VISIONS till death, despite the backsliding by the ELITES AND POLITICIANS in government since 1999. 

Pa Adebanjo never wavered from the commitment to a RESTRUCTURED NIGERIA THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, rather he teamed up with like minded ELDERS from other regions and ensured the emergence of the great OBIDIENTS MOVEMENT that gave LABOUR PARTY the traction to win the 2023 general elections with Mr Peter Obi as the presidential candidate.                  

So, the best tribute I want us all to give  at HIS passage to greater glory is for the embattled leadership of LABOUR PARTY under Barr Julius Abure to RESIGN IN REFERENCE TO BABA AYO ADEBANJO SO THAT A LEGACY OF GREATER NIGERIA CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE GENERATION THAT WITNESSED HIS INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENTS TO SERVE HUMANITY INSTEAD OF SERVING SELF.

Chief Adeniji

Lagos State 

HISTORY ON OUR SIDE: Remarks By Dele Abiola At The South West Obedient Conference In Lagos

 Protocols:

I want to first of all congratulate every member of the Obidient Movement in the South West for this first ever convergence of the movement in the zone. I equally want to congratulate Dr. Yunusa Tanko led national leadership of the movement . Congratulations on this miles stone achievement.

Sir Dele Abiola in the middle 

However, my message to us all in the South West and beyond is that there are tremendous and inexcustable histories on our side . When I say history, I do not mean history of slavery and colonialism as many usually alluded our history to such an infringement which were perpetrated against our land and our fore fathers which the global community has not properly addressed till date 

By our history, I mean how our forebears conquered this once forests region of West Africa. I mean how our ancient ancestors came down here and through shared determination, perceiverance and persiverance and how through their resilient Spirits faced wild animals and dangerous reptiles, how against all forms of entanglement developed different tools that enable them to turned the forests to hamlets, villages and towns. They built an ever growing metropolitan cities and kingdoms of notes which metamorphoused into an empires, even without any external contribution or support, instead, foreigners visited here intermittently to learn the true arts of good governance and orderliness.

Such a history of courage, valour and foresightedness in leadership abound in all parts of this country and the entire African continent as I am too certain that though our gathering here today is tagged South West, but people from different parts of the country are here and are well represented. Therefore, as I may want to make reference to the Ancient Oyo Empire here in the South West, we can also talk of the flourished Seven Independent Housa City States of Rano, Kano, Gobir, Biram, Daura, Katsina and Zaria. If we want to turn to the east, then we will have to talk of the memorable Acephalous or Egalitarian Igbo society where different age grades played pivotal roles in community development.

Coming home to the Old Oyo Empire,  there were orderliness and developments, insecurities were tamed to a halt, there was no hunger, food security was second to none as they produced what they were eaten then and they flourished beyond measure.

We are the children and descendants of those who developed an advanced system of governance of their times. The people of other races visited here to learned and copied from.  (For instance, British Monarchial system is just a version of the Yoruba Traditional Monarchial system. History has it that they came here in the earliest century to observe Yoruba Political system. They were given "Thrown and Crown of authority around 10th century which are still among the most treasured assets in the king's palace in London till date.)

 Our fore fathers' advanced governance thrived effectively for many centuries before it crumbled before those with advanced weapons as a result of internal strives and sabotage. Hence the fall of the empire, hence slavery, succeeded by colonialism. Hence Independent struggles by our heroes, hence why we are here today. The challenge is that since independence in 1960, the country has moved from one pogrom to another which I will not be able to itemized one after the other here.  And that more than ever before, the country Nigeria is sliding the more into anarchy. Lives have become worst and very cheap and nasty . Death , kidnaping and all forms of terrorism are the first class citizens of our land as Fear and panicking rules from North to South, East to West. People now Caged.

I dare to tell us all and every Nigerian where ever they may be or they may have run to, as they may have opportunity to hear my message that Messiahs of our land are not coming from any elsewhere but certainly we are the Messiahs that must rise against all odds just like our fathers against wild beasts and reptiles of the forests, create a New Nigeria of our dreams, an inheritance we can bequest to our children and yet unborn generations to come.

Finally, our efforts in 2023 elections were very great and tremendous but not enough to make our votes count,  not enough to place the control of the government on our laps. We need to do more and should dare to do more. To mobilise polling unit by polling unit, to vote and ensure our votes count this time around. We must not give in to any intimidation and threats, our goals , aims and objectives are not against any known law. They are legal and are meant to deepening the core Democratic values, promote Egalitarianism which are core values and principles upon which this country was founded. A New Nigeria is Possible!

Dele Abiola 

Member, Supporting Adversary Council, Obidient Movement

Honourable Seyi Sowunmi donates Offices to Obedient in Six States of South West

Seyi Sowunmi 

Honourable Seyi Sowunmi representing Ojo federal constituency of Lagos State in the Federal House of Representatives has made a solemn declaration to donate a physical office to the Obedients Movement in each of the states of the South West geopolitical zone.

Sowunmi who is the South West Coordinator of the movement made the statement at the regional conference of the movement in Lagos.

The member of the Nenadi Usman led National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party who double as the Deputy Caucus leader of the Labour Party in the House of representatives pledged his commitment to set the Obedients Movement rolling ahead of the 2027 general elections.

According to him, states in South West which include Oyo, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti will have an office each.

Leaders and representatives of the movement in the South West and beyond gathered in Lagos to chat a way forward for the movement.

Among the dignitaries that graced the events are the National Coordinator of the Obedients Movement world wide Dr Yunusa Tanko, Barrister Dele Farotimi and Architect Gbadebo Rhodes—Vivour, Sir Dele Abiola, Sir Lanre Fadahunsi.

Others include Prof. Ambode Abiodun, Dr. Kehinde Sogunle, Sir Emmanuel Oladotun and Hon. Oloye Adeniji among other dignitaries.

2027: Timi Frank warns Northern, Southern leaders not to fall for Tinubu’s tricks

A Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has on Wednesday warned Nigerians not to be fooled by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tricks to again “grab power and run with it” in 2027. 

Frank who made this call in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, specifically urged Northern and Southern leaders including opposition parties to resist Tinubu’s desperate 2027 presidential bid.

He revealed that while Tinubu is on one hand blackmailing Southerners, especially opposition Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) by playing the ethnic card to gain support, he is on the other hand threatening to deal with them if they fail to support him by declaring a state of emergency in their States over spurious charges of violence and corruption. 

"He has increased the intensity now by blackmailing, intimidating and putting at least five PDP Governors from the South under duress to defect along with their Members in the National Assembly to the APC. 

"To Tinubu, the 2027 election is about him versus the North and that is why he is trying desperately to enlist the support of the South through manipulation and subterfuge. 

He has forgotten so soon that the North helped him to get to power in 2023,” he said.

According to the Bayelsa-born political activist, 2027 should not be about North or South but who would  fix the myriads of challenges confronting the country, including the incessant killings, kidnappings and banditry as well as the harsh economic conditions foisted on the masses by Tinubu through fuel subsidy removal, increased electricity tariff and high cost of food and other essential services. 

He said: “Nigerians are in need of a President who will help Nigeria become better, not 'Northern candidate or Southern candidate' or 'Northern President or Southern President'.

“The country is overcharged already with divisions along ethnic lines. We therefore can't afford to have a President who is setting one region against another for the sake of his own personal ambition.

"For me, Timi Frank, as a Southerner, I don't believe in a tribalistic and divisive President. I believe in a leader that will come and unite rather than divide Nigeria. 

“I advise every Northerner still supporting Tinubu to have a rethink. They should know that the North that apparently ‘assisted’ Tinubu to gain power in 2023 is suffering the most today.

"It is a fact that the North has been grossly sidelined in appointments and other infrastructure development programmes by Tinubu who has prioritised his personal and tribal life-interests over everything else. 

"This is why the North should wake up. They should know this route Tinubu is going in terms of 2027 politics, is not the best for Nigeria. They should rise and speak with one voice in 2027.

"I want the Northern leaders to know that should Tinubu find his way back to power in 2027, the North will suffer untold neglect as Tinubu and the APC don’t have their genuine interest at heart.

"As we speak, at least five opposition Governors are set to defect to APC not because they like Tinubu but due to intense political pressure, intimidation and blackmail, while those who will remain have been made to sign undertakings to deliver their States to Tinubu, otherwise they will be made to lose their second term elections.

"Tinubu does not believe in the power of the people. Tinubu is working to steal the election results, to grab it (power) and run away with it like he did in 2023.

"If the North can't see the omen of imminent regional stagnation and destruction, they will regret it if they do nothing to stop Tinubu in 2027.

“Tinubu does not believe in democracy and that is why he has succeeded in ensuring that PDP, Labour Party and any other opposition parties are enmeshed in intractable internal crisis in order to deny capable and qualified aspirants platforms to challenge him in 2027. 

“His singular aim is to retain power in 2027 by hook or crook. He is doing all he can at the detriment of Nigerians, a complete negation of the oath of office he swore to on assumption of office as President.”

Timi Frank lamented that at the moment, Nigeria is on auto-pilot under Tinubu's watch, yet he (Tinubu) wants to force himself on Nigerians again in 2027. 

Timi Frank added: “Nigerians must on their part, prepare to reject Tinubu. It is the only patriotic thing to do as citizens. As citizens, we have a duty to reject a bad, clueless and rudderless leader and do all that is legally necessary to prevent him from returning to power.”

He urged the opposition leaders in the country to ensure that their coalition succeeds in defeating Tinubu in 2027.

"The coalition is in the best interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. I therefore appeal to the leaders of the coalition to put Nigeria and Nigerians first as their decision would help reshape the country and its future going forward,” he said.

Comrade Timi Frank is currently the ULMWP Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East

#POSTERSPEAKS: OBI-DIENT MOVEMENT SOUTH WEST CONFERENCE HOLDS IN LAGOS

 The South West Conference of the Obidient movement holds in Lagos State by/on April 26th, 2025.

Be there! 

A New Nigeria Is Possible 

DISCLAIMER: Tunji Sadiq led Exco is illegal..... Can no longer convene SEC meeting of Oyo State Labour Party — Stakeholders

The attention of the Stakeholders of the Oyo State Labour Party has been drawn to a purported invitation for a SEC meeting signed by one Mr Ojetunde,R.F  who claimed to be the State Secretary of the party.  

Mr Ojetunde who is purportedly working with the else while chairman of the party Mr. Tunji Sadiq Atayese. The party has no any standing EXCO or SEC as of today.

The Stakeholders wish to State categorically that Mr. Ojetunde is not known to us and such invitation of his should not be honored but should be Jettisoned.

The group warned that anyone who chooses to attend do so at his or her personal risk.

The Stakeholders in a statement signed by Comrade Dele Abiola said the party has no substantial EXCOs at any level in Oyo State today.

While we await the directives from the national Caretaker Committee of the Labour party from Abuja, we equally call on security agencies to disallow such an illegal gathering that may trouble and distablise the peace of the state and the country at large.

LABOUR PARTY!!!

FORWARD EVER!!!

BACKWARD NEVER!!!

The false information by Ojetunde,R.F reads: 

*REMINDER* 

INVITATION TO SEC MEETING 

  This is to invite all members of the State Executive Council to attend an emergency SEC meeting scheduled as follows.

Date: Saturday 12th of April,2025

Venue: State Party Secretariat,Molete, Ibadan 

Time:11am prompt 

LG Chairmen should extend the invitation to their secretaries to attend the meeting.

Purpose of the meeting includes 

1.Update the state executive Council on the development at the National level 

2.State of our party at the state level 

3.Congress and plan for 2027

It will be highly appreciated if all of us can be punctual and give this notice the widest publicity it deserves.

Thanks 

Ojetunde,R.F 

State Secretary

Stakeholders cautioned;

"The Stakeholders in a statement signed by Comrade Dele Abiola said the party has no substantial EXCOs at any level in Oyo State today."

"We equally call on security agencies to disallow such an illegal gathering that can trouble the peace of the state and the country at large ."

Alex Otti Led Labour Party Delegation Meets INEC, Submits Supreme Court Judgement on Leadership

A high-level delegation of the Labour Party (LP), led by Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti, on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja to discuss key developments within the party.

During the visit, Governor Otti formally presented a Certified True Copy of the recent Supreme Court judgment concerning the party’s leadership. He noted that the meeting was aimed at fostering clarity, mutual understanding, and institutional alignment regarding the LP's current structure.

The Nigeria's Supreme court last week Friday in a land mark judgement sacked the Barrister Julius Abure led National Working Committee to put an end to the crisis rocking the party since 202 3 

The delegation was received by INEC’s Acting Chairman, Mr. Sam Olumekun, and other National Commissioners. Both parties engaged in discussions centered on enhancing collaboration and reinforcing democratic values.

Mr. Olumekun reaffirmed the Commission’s unwavering commitment to neutrality, transparency, and the rule of law in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities.

More pictures from the event:

Source: INEC

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT: LABOUR PARTY STAKEHOLDERS TAKES-OVER LAGOS PARTY OFFICE

The Labour Party stakeholders in Lagos State have taken over the party's secretariat following a recent Supreme Court judgment that ousted National Chairman Julius Abure and his leadership team from office.

During the takeover, stakeholders discovered unusual items in the office of self-appointed Chairman Pst Dayo Ekong, including:

- Bags of rice and packs of drinks suspected to be meant for members.

- Fetish items: several calabashes lined with red cloth, white papers with different names on it attached to feathers. 

The stakeholders were reportedly shocked by these findings, suggesting that these items might have been used to diabolically manipulate or control party faithfuls and the party. Even calling upon God isn’t enough again a supposed pastor have to resolve to going the ev!l route. 

The party secretariat was peacefully and successfully taken over by the Lagos state stakeholders ensuring all staff met at the secretariat were shown the way out unharmed. It will be in the interest of former exco sacked by the Supreme Court to respect the rule of law for peace to reign. It’s high time the party is allowed to enjoy the goodwill it enjoyed during the last elections for a healthy electioneering year come 2027.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Anti Abure Protesters Storm Lagos LP Secretariat (VIDEOS)

 

Supreme Court Judgment Audio Confirms Julius Abure’s Sack as Labour Party Chairman

As Supreme Court Nullifies Judgments of The (FCT High Court & Court of Appeal) Recognising Abure As LP National Chairman on 4th April 2025*

(a): - As *Senator Esther Nenadi Usman* and *Senator Darlington Nwokocha* Appointed by LP NEC as National Chairman and National Secretary. 

( b): - As Julius Abure's 2019 NWC tenure expired 8th June 2024 by effluxion of time after 5 years that included one (1) years extension secured illegally under a Subsisting FCT High Court Restraining Order of 4th April 2023 that Restrained Julius Abure, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, Ojukwu Clement from parading themselves as National officials of Labour Party over Perjury, Forgery and Criminal Conspiracy 

(c): - As INEC Affidavit on oath in SUIT NO.: CV/2936/ 2024 paragraph 5 (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), and section 82 (1), (3), & (5) of the Electoral Act 2022 declared the Julius Abure's national convention of 27th March 2024 in Nnewi Anambra State illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void for failing to comply with the consent judgment terms of settlement midwifed by INEC on 26th April 2022 and executed between the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC the Labour Party, LP on 27th June 2022.

(d): - As Senator Esther Nenadi Usman led National Caretaker Committee, NCC takes over the Labour Party LP National Secretariat on Monday 7th April 2025.

(d): - As Labour Party LP awaits the Honourable Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice HAGF-MJ to immediately commence the criminal prosecution of Julius Abure, Umar Farouk Ibrahim and others in court on the prosecution order by the Inspector General of Police, IGP signed 25th October 2023

Labour Party LP !

Forward Ever !!

Backward Never !!!

*Comrade Engr. Dr. Eragbe Anslem Aphimia* 

(C.REG, COA)

Immediate Past National Youth Leader of Labour Party LP in Nigeria 

From 10/06/2019 - 08/06/2024

OPINION: Supreme Court Judgement is a Strategic Victory for the Forces of Reconciliation, Consensus in Labour Party — Okunniyi

 INTERVENTION ON SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT OVER LP CRISIS 

Today's Supreme Court Judgement is a Strategic Victory for the Forces of Reconciliation and Consensus in Labour Party. 

However, these forces must be immediately proactive and sarvvy in order not to be outsmarted and boxed into the previous Bobby traps of INEC and APC forces over the Party. 

Today's Judgement, though a major victory for the Labour Party, will only be of any significance and make the Party formidable, if LP stakeholders can courageously seize and explore the strategic vista for reconciliation unwittingly openned for the Party by the supreme Court before INEC strikes again

It can only be preposterous and foolhardy for LP stakeholders to continue to battle themselves into the hands of their enemies and predators to the detriment of the Party relevance in the formation of opposition coalition for the 2027 élections. 

Olawale Okunniyi

Veteran Che

DG, NC the Front

4/4/25

Supreme Court Rulling: this is not a time for triumphalism—No victor, No vanquished, Says LP Caretaker Chairman Nenadi Usman

Following the Supreme Court judgement that upheld the appeal filled by the Senator Nenadi Esther Usman led Labour Party (LP) caretaker Committee,  declaring it meritorious—while dismissing the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction. 

Senator Nenadi Usman has therefore declared the victory at the Apex Court as no victor, no vanquished, adding that this is not a time for triumphalism.

Full press statement: 

 PRESS RELEASE: 

The recent ruling by the Supreme Court, which allowed the appeal filed by Senator Nenadi Usman—declaring it meritorious—while dismissing the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the Labour Party as unmeritorious, is a victory for the rule of law and a significant milestone for our democracy.

It is important to emphasize that this is not a time for triumphalism—there is no victor and no vanquished. What matters most is our shared commitment to the ideals and aspirations of the Labour Party and the Nigerian people. We must now come together, united in purpose and vision, to move the party forward.

The Labour Party remains one indivisible family, steadfast in its mission to create a New Nigeria founded on justice, equity, and people-centered governance.

We call on all party members, supporters, and stakeholders to remain calm, focused, and committed to the democratic ideals that bind us.

A New Nigeria is POssible!

-Senator Nenadi E. Usman, PhD

Chairman, Labour Party Caretaker Committee