Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Social gathering within the February 25 presidential election, has insisted that Barrister Julius Abure is the chairman of the Labour Social gathering. His open acknowledgement of the embattled chairman comes because the get together is engulfed in a management battle between Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa.

Obi, who appeared on Come up Tv Information Evening on Monday to rejoice Employees’ Day additionally used the chance to speak about points regarding his get together.

He insisted that there was truly nothing mistaken with the get together and that it was only a case of individuals being paid to hold out a nasty job of destabilising the get together.

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“There’s nothing mistaken with the Labour Social gathering. It’s the similar rascality that is occurring everywhere; the chairman of the Labour Social gathering is Barrister Julius Abure,” Obi stated.

He defined that the management tussle is a case of employed people inflicting confusion within the get together. He added that since Apapa, the factional chairman, got here into the limelight, he has by no means had any type of interplay with him.

“Sure, as a result of persons are paid; persons are hirelings; they’ve been paid to distort issues and all the pieces. For instance, I’ve by no means met Mr. Apapa, and supposedly you’ll be able to say that I’m a significant determine of Labour Social gathering and the presidential candidate,” the 2023 election second runner-up stated.

“So I’ve not met the opposite get together chairman, and he isn’t on the lookout for me. There was a goal. It’s due to the transactional politics we practise, the place quite than spending our vitality and time making an attempt to do the appropriate factor, we spend our vitality and time making an attempt to do the mistaken factor. Paying folks to do the mistaken factor as a result of we stay off this confusion.”

Nevertheless, the previous Anambra State governor stated that regardless of the infiltration of the get together by these paid brokers, the get together is undamaged and has no points.

“However that however, we’re even making an attempt to convey all people, even those that say they’ve paid you; possibly you’ve executed the job they need you to do; come let all of us be a household,” he stated.

“Sure, as a result of those that stay off the confusion who have been already within the different get together wouldn’t go away, making an attempt to create confusion all over the place. They don’t seem to be going to maintain quiet.

“Don’t assume these persons are going to go away; no, they aren’t going to do this. But when we preserve doing the appropriate factor, finally we’re going to win.”