Breaking: Ezenwafor emerged Labour Party Presidential flagbearer

Breaking: Ezenwafor emerged Labour Party Presidential flagbearer

faction of the Labour Party has on Wednesday June 8, 2022, elected Ambassador Jude Ezenwafor as its 2023 presidential candidate.

This indicates that the crisis rocking Labour party appears to be festering as a faction of the party led by Mr Calistus Okafor has held its National Convention to elect Ambassador Ezenwafor as its flagbearer.

“What we are doing here today is to elect a man who is worthy to give us that change we’ve been yearning for,” Okafor said.

In his acceptance speech, the presidential candidate of the Okafor-led faction pledged to rescue Nigeria.

“I have never been in a wrong place. Labour party is going for a rescue mission,” Ezenwafor said.

With the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the election of presidential candidates looming, the Labour party appears divided on who will be the party’s flagbearer.

Its could be recalled that Mr Peter Obi was elected as the candidate of the INEC-recognised Julius Abure-led faction