A factional acting Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Callistus Uju Okafor, has rejected the appointment of former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman as the chairman, caretaker committee of the party.

Okafor, in a statement in Abuja, described the LP stakeholders’ meeting convened by Abia Governor, Alex Otti, as illegal, unconstitutional and a jamboree.

He urged Nigerians to know that the meeting that produced Senator Usman as the interim national chairman of the party was null and void.

Okafor said: “We want to bring to the notice of the general public that the jamboree gathering tagged: “Labour Party Stakeholders’ meeting” held in Umuahia, Abia State is unconstitutional and not known to any organisation of the party.

“Article 11 of the 2009 Constitution which is the only constitution known to the party, according to the consent judgement delivered by Honourable Justice G. O. Kolawole on the 20th of March, 2018 categorically states the four organisations of the party: Ward, Local Government Area, State and National.”

According to him: “Both Dr Alex Otti and Mr Peter Obi do not have the constitutional authority to convene any meeting of the party.

We challenge Otti to produce the official letter addressed to him from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the aforementioned subject matter.

“We are committed to reconciling all members and groups, mobilise and conduct all inclusive and expansive congresses in Wards, Local Government Areas, States and the National Convention that will achieve a unified, focused Labour Party that will redefine political leadership in Nigeria.”