A member of the House of Representatives, Afam Ogene, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission deliberately delayed taking the appropriate action on the Labour Party leadership crisis until after the exit of the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Ogene made the allegation during an interview on Channels Television, where he questioned why the electoral body took over a year to formally recognise Senator Nenadi Usman as the national chairman of the Labour Party.
He argued that INEC played a role in destabilising the party, insisting that the commission should be held responsible for the prolonged delay in restoring the party’s leadership to those he described as its rightful managers.
He said, “We are Africans. If the witch cries in the night and the baby dies in the morning, who killed the baby? As soon as Peter Obi left the Labour Party, they felt comfortable enough to do the right thing.
“We should blame INEC why it took them that long to return the party to the people who should run the party.
“INEC has a hand in destabilising the Labour Party because in September 2024, the stakeholders of the party in Umuahia set up an interim National Executive Council led by Senator Nenadi Usman.
“So why did it take INEC one and half years to recognize Nenadi Usman as chairman of the Labour Party?”
