- Safiu Kehinde
The Labour Party has passed a vote of confidence on its 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Obi; his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti.
The party passed the vote during its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Wednesday at the Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja.
Leader of the Labour Party’s House of Representatives caucus , Rep. Afam Ogene, raised the motion for the vote of confidence which was extended to the National Working Committee and the Obidients Movement.
The NEC meeting which was presided over by the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman, Sen. Nenadi Usman, is coming days after the Supreme Court dismissed Julius Abure as the party’s National Chairman.
Usman, in her open remark, said the LP would review its governorship primaries for Anambra State and make its position known.
The primaries held in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Saturday, saw a former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Chief George Moughalu, emerge as the candidate of the Labour Party ahead of the November 8, 2025, governorship election.