By Peter Onyekachukwu 
By Peter Onyekachukwu, Abuja
DELTA: The internal turmoil rocking the Labour Party took a dramatic turn on Thursday as three members of the House of Representatives Afam Victor Ogene, Seyi Sowunmi, and Amobi Ogah dismissed their purported suspension from the party as a desperate and illegitimate act by the embattled former chairman, Julius Abure.
The lawmakers, in a fiery joint statement, accused Abure of being a “willing undertaker” determined to bury the party for his selfish interests, rather than rebuild it after the momentum gained during the 2023 general elections.
“Abure has appointed himself as a willing undertaker for the destruction of the soul of the Labour Party,” the lawmakers said. “Ironically, he is only supervising the burial of his own public image and what’s left of his credibility.”
Their response comes barely 24 hours after Abure announced their suspension in what the lawmakers described as an overreach by someone whose leadership status was invalidated by the Supreme Court.
“It’s absurd that a man whose tenure was tainted by allegations of financial impropriety and internal sabotage now imagines himself morally upright enough to judge others,” the statement read.
They accused Abure of running the party like a “criminal enterprise,” claiming that since the 2023 elections, he had failed to attract new credible members or win significant contests, particularly citing the party’s poor performance in states like Kogi, Bayelsa, Ondo, and even his home state, Edo.
“All Abure and his inner circle have done is extort aspirants and deliver electoral losses across the board. His mismanagement has turned the party into a laughingstock,” said Rep. Ogene, who leads the LP Caucus in the House.
The lawmakers also mocked Abure’s recent media rounds, calling them acts of desperation by a man unwilling to accept political reality.
“Which self-respecting party leader becomes a media errand boy, chasing press attention to stay relevant? His attempt to sack Hon. Ogene as caucus leader failed, and now he fabricates suspension orders to distract from his downfall,” they said.
With this latest exchange, the crisis within the Labour Party appears far from over, raising questions about the unity and direction of a political movement once seen as a refreshing alternative in Nigerian politics.