The Labour Party (LP) is facing fresh internal turmoil as the Julius Abure-led faction has disowned Nenadi Usman, the newly appointed caretaker chairman.

This comes after the party’s National Convention set up a caretaker committee despite a Court of Appeal judgement that upheld Julius Abure as the legitimate national chairman.

Senator Usman was earlier declared the head of a 29-member caretaker committee during an extended stakeholders meeting in Umuahia, Abia State, which was attended by the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

The Abure-led faction, however, has rejected the move, calling it “illegal and unconstitutional.”

In a statement by the party’s national publicity secretary, Obiora Ifoh, the faction, on Wednesday, insisted that Abure remains the legitimate chairman and dismissed the meeting convened by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, as improper.