Aisha Yesufu Was In Charge Of Peter Obi’s Account – Abure Clears Air On Campaign Funds

Former National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has dismissed allegations of financial misconduct against his leadership.

He insisted that campaign donations were never paid into the Labour Party’s accounts.

Naija News reports that Abure stated this on Friday during an appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily.

He explained that the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, wanted a separate account for donations and campaign, adding that activist Aisha Yesufu was in charge of the account.

Abure said, “I want to say it clearly, even Aisha Yesufu, who was a signatory to that account, has come out twice to admit that no donations came to the party. Peter Obi wanted a separate account for his donations and his campaign and wanted some other people to administer it.

”Because we were not interested in the money, we were more interested in winning the election and ensuring the success of the campaign. Therefore, the campaign funds were channelled into an account where Aisha Yesufu and Ighodalo were in charge, and they have since taken responsibility for it.”

Abure further criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for recognising the group led by Senator Nenadi Usman on its official website, while alleging that Usman and her supporters unlawfully took over his office.

The former LP chairman had made similar allegations two weeks earlier, accusing Obi and Alex Otti of triggering the party’s leadership crisis by supporting the caretaker committee inaugurated in Umuahia.

According to Abure, the decision disrupted what had been a peaceful administration and laid the foundation for the prolonged internal conflict within the party. He also rejected suggestions that he had become an outsider in the Labour Party, describing Senator Nenadi Usman instead as the “interloper.”