{"id":86291,"date":"2021-09-24T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86291"},"modified":"2021-09-24T20:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T19:03:02","slug":"utomis-mega-party-full-of-political-pretenders-labour-party-not-in-alliance-with-them-abure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/utomis-mega-party-full-of-political-pretenders-labour-party-not-in-alliance-with-them-abure\/","title":{"rendered":"Utomi&#8217;s Mega Party full of political pretenders, Labour Party not in alliance with them &#8211; Abure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1711810766826899744\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The national chairman of the Labour Party, Bar Julius Abure said the party is not and has no intention to be part of any merger arrangement with the yet to be formed Mega Political organisation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bar Abure also dismissed some of those people promoting the merger arrangement as political dreamers who are\u00a0once again starting another new journey of politics with lies, deceit and deception.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Prominent Nigerians including a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega and a\u00a0 political economist, Professor Pat Utomi earlier in the week said they will on October 1 unveil a\u00a0 mega political movement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is also the alleged talks between the promoters of the mega political association with other political parties including\u00a0the African Democratic Congress and the Labour Party, which they claimed have reached an advanced stage.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, LP Chairman, Bar. Abure while refuting the involvement of the Labour Party in the evolving arrangement said, &#8220;It is sad and totally disappointing for a crowd of recurring Political dreamers to begin to once again start another new journey of politics with lies, deceit and deception.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The national leadership of Labour party hereby completely deny and strongly dissociates our party from any kind of talk regarding any new Political Party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;All the print media in their various\u00a0 publication on\u00a0 Wednesday the 23rd day of September 2021, went public with a claim that the National Chairman of LP, Bar Julius Abure was part of a dreaming crowd that some other political floaters plan to form the nucleus of a new mega party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Without cross &#8211; checking the truth of the story with the LP, the print media sadly, unethically, embarassingly and unprofessionally went ahead to publish the lies.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, it is strongly reiterated to all concerned that Labour Party is not and will never be a part of some political pretenders in pursuit of a political mirage .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bar. Abure said the Labour Party is getting stronger and bigger by the day and that the party is looking forward to the next series of elections with great hope.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We have the ideology, programme, and the innovative ideas to provide a pragmative leadership that can harness the human and material resources to reposition the country for greatness.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We therefore advise those behind the new party to join hands with our party to produce the new set of leaders in the country.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national chairman of the Labour Party, Bar Julius Abure said the party is not and has no intention to be part of any merger arrangement with the yet to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Utomi&#039;s Mega Party full of political pretenders, Labour Party not in alliance with them - Abure - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/utomis-mega-party-full-of-political-pretenders-labour-party-not-in-alliance-with-them-abure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Utomi&#039;s Mega Party full of political pretenders, Labour Party not in alliance with them - Abure - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national chairman of the Labour Party, Bar Julius Abure said the party is not and has no intention to be part of any merger arrangement with the yet to&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/utomis-mega-party-full-of-political-pretenders-labour-party-not-in-alliance-with-them-abure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-24T19:03:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_ORG_1617029083221.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"744\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"992\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/utomis-mega-party-full-of-political-pretenders-labour-party-not-in-alliance-with-them-abure\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/utomis-mega-party-full-of-political-pretenders-labour-party-not-in-alliance-with-them-abure\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Utomi&#8217;s Mega Party full of political pretenders, Labour Party not in alliance with them &#8211; 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