Labour Party faction elects Nenadi Usman as interim national chairman

A faction of the Labour Party (LP) has appointed Nenadi Usman as its interim national chairman.

Usman was elected following a meeting of the party’s national executive committee (NEC) held in Abuja on Friday.

Darlington Nwokocha, a former senator representing Abia central, was also elected as interim national secretary.

The appointments are part of efforts by the faction to reconstitute the party’s leadership ahead of a national convention.

The newly constituted interim national working committee is expected to oversee the affairs of the party until a new NEC is elected at the convention.

During Friday’s meeting, the NEC also approved a timetable for the conduct of congresses across all levels of the party structure. This includes ward, local government, state, zonal congresses, and the national convention.

According to a resolution passed at the meeting, the party’s national secretariat has been mandated to publish detailed guidelines and timelines for the congresses and convention, in a bid to promote internal democracy and transparency in the electoral process.

The development is the latest in a series of internal disputes that have fractured the Labour Party since the 2023 general election, with multiple factions laying claim to the party’s leadership.