Since Comrade Julius ABURE was unanimously given a fresh mandate as National chairman of the Labour Party ( LP), at the Party’s National Convention chaired by the Deputy Governor of Abia State HE Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, some disgruntled elements have chosen the path of ensuring they murder sleep, strategically injecting smear campaign of calumny targeted to undermine him and paint a dark picture of his competence , capacity and capabilities in navigating the Party to eldorado height and Victory .
Before then he was once the National Secretary of the same Labour Party LP. He started on a wonderful note and within a year in office as the National Chairman, had beaten the records of his predecessors, making the party an envy of sort within the comity of political parties in Nigeria hence the entrance into the party of the likes of Peter Obi as its presidential flag bearer in the last general election .
Save for the sake of his impressive performances Julius Abure as National Chairman of labour party, would not have attracted the attention of Mr Peter Obi to Labour with some prominent Cerebral Nigerians which include but not limited to Dr Alex Otti, Dr Doyin okupe, Chief Akin Osintokun, Pat Utomi, Hajia Yusuf to mention but a few.
The entrance of these high profile Nigerians would not have been possible if Barr Julius Abure was not recognized and accepted as a man of high integrity and financial Prudence .
Previous National Chairmen of Labour Party may have done their bit but it’s only Julius Abure and his NWC that transformed Labour Party and took it to the present height with a record of 35 members at the National Assembly. Such never happened in the past under the leadership of his predecessors.
Scripturally and as recorded in the Bible, when our Lord Jesus Christ came to save mankind, redeem his people and the entire world, they called for his jugular and death requesting that the armed robbers be set free instead of our saviour Jesus Christ .
Such can now be likened to what Julius Abure has been subjected to by enemies of progress within and outside Labour Party as presently obtained.
Barr.Julius Abure as a seasoned lawyer, Solicitor and Advocate of the supreme court of Nigeria, who understands the dynamics , nitty gritty of Party politics and Administration, has thus far reeled out ideas and plans to ensure LP becomes the most attractive political Party cum bride and envy of others.
The enemies within, however, will never see anything good of his undaunted efforts,
instead they have vowed to unleash terror aimed at decimating and tarnishing his image and reputation which he built over the years.
This could be seen in the barrage of Social Media attacks against the person and office of the National chairman of LP, Barr.Julius Abure.
Ecclesiastical speaking Political Parties all over the world experience crisis , skirmishes and infighting, but there is always internal mechanism towards resolving such crisis. In 1979, NPP, NPN and others witnessed such crisis alas NPN won election under Alhaji Shehu Shagari. With the abysmal failure and level of inflation in the present Nigeria economy it goes without saying that Mr Peter Obi will seamlessly win the 2027 Presidential election to rejig and transform the economy for a better Nigeria. It could perhaps be against this backdrop that the Philistines both within and outside Labour may have resolved to lunch ballistic attack on Labour Party and Barr. Julius Abure.
One of such cases is the video that is trending in the social Media where a self acclaimed native doctor proclaimed death against the National Chairman of LP, Barr.Julius Abure and after making his incantations he used his mouth to chop off the head of the fowl he was holding while doing the incantations and it did not end there he sucked the blood of the fowl and swallowed it . A dehumanizing disposition, barbaric in nature and a shame and embarrassment to his wife, his children, community and friends .
When did our politics of bitterness degenerate to such a level . The same mouth with which he uses to kiss his wife, he used it to chop off the head of a live fowl, suck it’s blood and swallowed the blood consistently? For what to happen? For Barr. Julius Abure to die ?
He forgot that life and death does not belong to him but belongs to God Almighty. The Bible made us to understand that chariots are meant for the days of battle but safety is of the Lord .
The self acclaimed Native Doctor went ahead to accuse Abure of working against the interest of LP Governorship candidate in the same Edo State Barr Olumide Akpata where Abure comes from. We make bold to say that Mr Julius Abure has got the interest of Labour Party at heart and looks forward to Labour Party clinching victory in Edo State .
Ordinarily, no sane man or woman would want to identify with or join issues with such a man who has left us with a simple diagnosis that he might allegedly be a discharged patient from a psychiatric home or possibly need to undergo some form of electroconvulsive therapeutic treatment and spiritual deliverance in church.
His conduct is a clear departure to what a man born of a woman could possibly do in the name or guise of politics. Our investigation showed that the self acclaimed Native Doctor is not even a card carrying member of Labour Party but a mere waka pass around Labour Party Secretariat in Benin- Edo State . The question is, what is his grouse against the National Chairman of Labour Party ? Let us assume but not to concede to the fact that he is sane and has scores to settle with the National Chairman of Labour party. Should that be the best pragmatic approach to engage Barr Julius Abure in resolving the issue?
It is also ridiculous that such a character with his barbaric and crude conducts or disposition could be given as much publicity as if we are now in a satanic world of evil doers and deities.
Until his psychiatric status is determined by a medical consultant viz-a- viz a psychiatrist, there is no reason to engage him or dissipate energy and time joining issues with such a street urchin .
The campaign of calumny and character assassination against Barr Julius Abure is nevertheless sponsored as well as orchestrated by those who do not mean well for the party .
One thing has been consistent and that is the fact that in all these spurious accusations leveled against Abure, they all lack preponderance of evidence, laced with ties of lies to nail him. Like the Bible said, surely they shall gather and who are those gathering against the Labour Party and the National Chairman?
Not quite long ago, the suspended National Treasurer of the party Mrs Oluchi Opara went to the social and conventional Media to malign the integrity and reputation of the National chairman but an audit report has since exonerated him while his accusers and other detractors have buried their ugly faces in shame.
The National Chairman of Labour Party as a cat with nine lives also, recently survived an ambush by the President of NLC Comrade Joe Ajaero. Only a man that have the genuine interest of the party and have paid his dues in terms of service delivery both to God Almighty and humanity can get this level of vindication and victory from major stakeholders of the party, the judiciary and the public .
By Abure’s survival of the Labour Congress aggression, God Almighty has gone before him to prepare a table and strengthen the crooked paths for him.
It is therefore against this backdrop of success and victory registered under Julius Abure that we urge all lovers of democracy, good will , purposeful leadership and committed members of LP in particular to shun every divisive tendencies of the enemies of progress and all those misleading the society to allow the party another attempt at the Presidency come 2027 because there is no option or alternative towards a better Nigeria save for the sake of Labour Party under the able leadership of Barr. Julius Abure.
This time around Mr Peter Obi will emerge victorious by the special grace of God as the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We are also confident that with Barr.Julius Abure as National Chairman of LP, victory is imminent and assured .
For me, let the best among us continue to led the rest of us .
Agu Diamond Bryan Chukwuma
Media Consultant to the National Chairman Labour Party.