The Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has advised Senator Seriake Dickson, the national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), to exercise caution in his political alliance with Peter Obi and his supporters.
Obi, who emerged as the NDC’s presidential candidate after being ratified at the party’s national convention in Abuja on May 30, has attracted significant support from political figures and groups ahead of the 2027 elections.
In a statement personally signed on Monday, Abure said Dickson appeared to have drawn lessons from the internal crisis that engulfed the Labour Party, praising what he described as the NDC leader’s refusal to surrender all elective positions within the party to Obi’s supporters.
The LP chieftain alleged that Obi, alongside Abia State Governor Alex Otti and several politicians elected on the Labour Party platform in 2023, later distanced themselves from the party leadership after securing electoral victories.
According to Abure, the experience of the Labour Party should serve as a warning to the NDC leadership against allowing any political bloc to dominate the party’s structure.
“They say history repeats itself. Senator Dickson and his team have seen what happened to us and appear to have learned from it,” Abure said, alleging that many individuals who benefited from the LP platform later turned against the party’s leadership.
He further claimed that the Labour Party’s internal crisis deepened after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recognised a court ruling that declared the tenure of the party’s executive had expired, paving the way for the Nenadi Usman-led interim national committee.
Abure argued that, given the developments within the Labour Party, it was strategically important for Dickson to ensure that loyal party members retained key positions within the NDC to safeguard the party’s leadership and direction.
The factional chairman also alleged that Obi’s supporters joined the NDC with the intention of gaining influence over the party’s structure, a claim that has not been publicly addressed by the NDC leadership or Obi’s camp.
