The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has renamed the ‘Obidient directorate’ to the directorate of mobilisation and integration after pushback from Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 election.
Gatekeepers News reports that Labour Party announced on May 30, that Marcel Ngogbehei has been appointed as the leader of the ”Obidient movement”.
The party also appointed seven other officials in order to administer the affairs of its newly created directorate.
Before the appointment, the Julius Abure-led national working committee during a press conference had announced the creation of a separate directorate dedicated to the affairs of the ‘Obidient movement’.
Obi however on Wednesday made clear that the Obidient movement is not a directorate of any political party.
Reacting through a statement on Thursday, the national publicity secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh revealed that the party decided to rename the directorate after some stakeholders of the party criticised the decision.
Ifoh said, “Following the controversies arising from the creation of the Directorate of OBIDIENT Affairs, in the party, the Directorate is hereby renamed the Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration.”
He added that the inauguration of the directorate will be done on June 8 at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The Secretary said “The inauguration will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the party’s National Secretariat, Utako, Abuja, by 10 a.m. Party members and the general public should take note.”
