In an interview with Arise News FROM 4:56, legal luminary Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, weighed in on the leadership crisis within the Labour Party, stressing that the tenure of Julius Abure as National Chairman has already expired according to the party’s own constitution. He maintained that no amount of resistance or court maneuvering can override the binding authority of the party’s internal rules.
Maduabuchi explained that the constitution of any political party serves as the foundation upon which its leadership and internal operations are built. As such, if the party’s constitution clearly spells out the tenure of its leaders, then once that period lapses, it is expected that the leader steps aside to allow for a new mandate. According to him, Abure’s continuous claim to leadership defies the Labour Party’s internal rules and creates unnecessary instability.
The Senior Advocate further argued that credible figures like Peter Obi and Abia State Governor Alex Otti—who are among the most influential leaders within the party—have the legitimacy to convene a national convention. If such leaders notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accordingly and act within the party’s constitutional provisions, the transition would be entirely lawful and democratic.
“Peter Obi and Otti and others — if they call a meeting and give INEC a notice, ‘We want to hold our convention on such and such a day,’ because by our constitution, Abure’s tenure has ended. It has ended by their constitution. He was elected pursuant to a process. It’s that process they would look at and say, ‘My friend, your tenure has ended, why are you still disturbing people?”
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