Abure on Campaign Funds: If I Open My Mouth, Obi, Otti Will Smell Like Rotten Eggs

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Factional National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, challenged former presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, and Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, to name party members, who received funds for the 2023 election.

Abure spoke during a stakeholders’ meeting at the party’s national secretariat at Utako, Abuja.

The meeting was convened by Joshua Obika, member representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency of Abuja.

Abure said some elected LP officials were scheming to remove the national leadership from office, despite sacrifices they had made for the party’s progress.

He said the party’s leadership rejected monetary offers for elective positions, and added that the leadership did not collect a dime from Otti for the party’s governorship ticket.

Abure stated, “We rejected billions of naira. We rejected offers because of their positions.

“Today, they are in the forefront of those who want to throw us out of office. I want to challenge all of them. I was watching television and I saw some of them talking about corruption.

“Today, I want to challenge all of them, from Peter Obi downward, that contested the election. Let any of them come out and tell the world what they personally gave to me or to the party.

“It is not to go and hide and be saying there is corruption in the party. Who and who are those that brought the money? Who did they give it to?

“Where did they send it to? I challenge them today that any of them that has evidence, even if they don’t have evidence, let them be bold and come out and say when and how they gave the money and if they can’t do that, let them forever hold their peace.

“I’m going to call a world press conference and publicly challenge them. As a leader, we have been quiet, to say probably they are making mistakes, one day, probably, they will come back.”

Abure said, “When people were talking about agents, and money for agents, I kept quiet, I didn’t say anything, because I believe that the bad, the good and the ugly are for me. And therefore, I should not throw away the bad child or the ugly child.

“When I saw that some people were going beyond their boundaries, I came out and released a periphery of what played out. And I am sure that by now, that house is no longer together as it is.

“I am waiting for them — from top to bottom — to make any other move and I will open my mouth. And when I open my mouth, wherever they go to, they will be like smelly eggs, rotten eggs that nobody will ever buy.”