The Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Acting National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, has dismissed claims that it is planning to expel its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing the plot as the handiwork of political impostors acting on behalf of shadowy interests.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ken Eluma Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser on Media to the Party’s Acting National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, urged Nigerians to disregard what he termed the “rantings of political jesters” who have no legal or moral authority to speak on behalf of the party.

“These impostors are trying to sow confusion and discredit Obi’s coalition efforts aimed at rescuing Nigeria,” the statement read. “But their antics are laughable, illegal, and driven by desperation.”

The party noted that Obi’s role in the coalition talks has the full backing of its leadership, as earlier stated in a May 25 release.

The statement also cited the April 4, 2025, Supreme Court ruling, which nullified the tenure of the said faction, warning the media and public to ignore any pronouncements from them.

“This is the last kick of a dying horse,” Asogwa said, affirming that only communications from the office of the Acting National Chairman should be deemed authentic.

In a swift reaction, the faction of the party under Julius Abure has fired back at Acting National Chairman Senator Nenadi Usman over her claims regarding the Supreme Court judgment on the party’s leadership crisis, accusing her of deliberately misinterpreting the verdict.

In a statement issued Tuesday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Obiora Ifoh, the faction said Usman and her allies in the ADC-led coalition have “chosen to be blind” to the actual content of the ruling, which simply declared that Nigerian courts lack jurisdiction to adjudicate on internal party matters.

“She keeps quoting only the part of the judgment that suits her agenda,” the statement read. “The Supreme Court did not rule on who leads the Labour Party — it only stated, for the umpteenth time, that it has no jurisdiction to intervene in party affairs. If it lacks jurisdiction, how then can its ruling be interpreted as a validation of Usman’s camp?”

The faction accused Usman’s camp of consistently misleading the public but claimed that Nigerians “are now wiser.”

“We’ve moved on from the court issue. Labour Party is focused on 2027. Serious aspirants are already engaging with us. Let the wailers continue to wail — we remain undistracted,” the statement concluded.