Peter Obi, Gov. Otti fix April 9 for Labour Party’s NEC, stakeholders’ meetings

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Governor Alex Otti of Abia have fixed the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for April 9 in Abuja.

Spokesman of Peter Obi Media Reach, Ibrahim Umar, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Mr Umar said the meeting would be closely followed by an interactive session with major stakeholders and other party organs.

According to him, the stakeholders expected at the meeting include Mr Obi’s running mate in the 2023 election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, serving and former senator and all the senatorial candidates in the 2023 election.

Others are serving and former House of Representatives members and candidates in the 2023 election and all National Caretaker Committee and National Transition Committee members.

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Also expected at the meeting are former governorship candidates still in the party, representatives of the NLC/TUC Political Commission and all members of the former National Working Committee.

The spokesman said the meeting called by the two party leaders had become necessary to clarify the recent Supreme Court judgment.

The apex court had, on Friday, ruled that the Appeal Court had no jurisdiction over the party’s internal affairs.

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