In a startling revelation, Oluchi Opara, the embattled national treasurer of the Labour Party, has alleged that the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, is orchestrating a plan to suspend the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Opara disclosed this during an interview with PUNCH, vehemently contesting her six-month suspension from the party over corruption allegations against Abure, which she deemed unjust.
Challenging the national chairman, Opara called for transparency regarding the corruption allegations against him, urging him to address the accusations directly rather than dismissing them as falsehoods.
“Everybody knows it wasn’t justified because they only did that to cover their ills from the public because the allegations out there are clear and loud. Julius Abure should tell us that all the allegations of corruption levelled against him are false. He should just come out clearly and say that I’ve lied against him instead of trying to jump to a conclusion,” she asserted.
Opara attributed Abure’s purported plan to suspend Peter Obi to the latter’s insistence on a thorough investigation into the party’s finances.
“That is the news out there because nothing is hidden. We all heard that he had been trying to do that. He has been trying to use the members of state executives. I mean the state chairmen. They’re trying to tell them that their jobs will be taken hence the reason why they all needed to come up together and stand and fight,” Opara claimed.
She further emphasized the seriousness of the allegations against Abure and criticized his alleged attempts to evade accountability.
“Again, fighting for what? The allegations are clear. The allegations were too weighty to face, but he is going by the cunning way and trying to cut corners by trying to cover them. Those tracks will not be covered,” she concluded.
The unfolding situation within the Labour Party underscores growing tensions and divisions, as accusations of corruption and power struggles escalate ahead of the 2023 elections.
