Obi’s Defection: Shackle of bondage holding Labour Party has been broken – Abure

Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, says the shackle of bondage holding the party down has been broken with the defection of Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections.

Abure said this in a statement in his New Year’s message to party members.

He said the party has already been in coalition with Nigerians and remains the best alternative to achieving a prosperous nation.
According to him, the outgone year, 2025 was a spectacular year filled with mixed feelings.

Abure said it a year that Labour Party under his leadership surmounted, virtually all distractions by some of the party leaders which had threatened the very peaceful existence of the party.

“Fellow Nigerians and particularly, Labour Party members across the globe, it is with joy that I welcome everyone to the new year. 2025 indeed was a spectacular year filled with mixed feelings for which we give all the glory to the Almighty.

“The shackles of bondage holding the party down more than a year now is finally broken with the 31st December, 2025 incidence in Enugu,” he said.