A member of the House of Representatives, Afam Ogene, has claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) waited till former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, left the party before doing the right thing.

Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television, Ogene wondered why it took the electoral body more than a year to recognise Nenadi Usman as the Labour Party (LP) chairman.

He insisted that INEC has a hand in destabilising the Labour Party, adding that they should be blamed for taking too long to return the party to the people who should run it.

He said, “We are Africans. If the witch cries in the night and the baby dies in the morning, who killed the baby? As soon as Peter Obi left the Labour Party, they felt comfortable enough to do the right thing.

“We should blame INEC why it took them that long to return the party to the people who should run the party.

“INEC has a hand in destabilising the Labour Party because in September 2024, the stakeholders of the party in Umuahia set up an interim National Executive Council led by Senator Nenadi Usman.

“So why did it take INEC one and half years to recognize Nenadi Usman as chairman of the Labour Party?”

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