Peter Obi, Gov Otti Write INEC To Recognize Nenadi-Led Caretaker Committee

The leaders of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti, have written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) notifying the commission of the appointment of 29-member Caretaker Committee for the party led by Nenadi Usman.

The letter said the stakeholders meeting was held in line with an agreement reached between the party and INEC in 2022. It also stated that the leadership crisis currently wrecking the party led to the appointment of the Caretaker Committee.

The letter signed by the LP’s 2023 presidential candidate, Obi and Abia State Governor, Otti on behalf of other stakeholders told the Commission the 29 members committee would within the timeframe of 180 days organize congresses and national conventions for the party

It read in part: “You will recall that Labour Party had had a leadership crisis in recent times culminating in the de-recognition of the Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) by INEC effective June 2024.

“Given the above scenario, the statutory executives of the party made up of the Governor, Deputy Governor, and legislators in addition to all surviving members of NEC, the leadership of organised labour, representatives of Governorship Candidates in the 2023 election and subsequent ones, Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates in the 2023 election and other party leaders met in Umuahia, Abia State on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 and set up a Caretaker Committee to organise congresses and the national convention within a period not exceeding 180 days to fill the vacuum created by the expiration of the tenure of the erstwhile leadership of the party at all levels.”