Udeh, 23 Others Emerge as Interim Executive Committee of Ebonyi LP
By Alex Odeh
Chief Henry Udeh (AjimBest) and twenty-three other distinguished individuals have been appointed to serve on the interim executive committee of the Labour Party (LP) in Ebonyi State.
The committee was unveiled recently under the auspices of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, and National Secretary, Senator Darlington Nwokocha.
The inauguration, it was reported, was part of a strategic initiative aimed at restoring stability and repositioning the party in anticipation of forthcoming political endeavors within the state.
Chief Henry Udeh (AjimBest) will assume the role of Chairman, representing Ebonyi South, while Comrade Innocent Igiri from Ebonyi Central has been designated as Secretary. Engr. Nwede Joshua Igwebuike from Ebonyi North has been appointed as Organising Secretary.
In a concerted effort to bolster gender representation, the party also announced Hajia Rabiu Abubakar of Ebonyi North as State Woman Leader. She will collaborate with zonal women leaders, including Chief Mrs. Ngozi Nwaleke (Ebonyi North), Mrs. Ngozi Ekuma (Ebonyi South), and Blessing Okoroafor (Ebonyi Central), to enhance female participation throughout the party structure.
To strengthen its institutional framework, the party appointed Barr. Ikey Nwobo as State Legal Adviser and Comrade Louis Nwebonyi as Publicity Secretary.
This inauguration effectively concludes months of uncertainty and a leadership void that had beset the Labour Party in the state.
In response to this development, the party’s 2023 governorship candidate and a prominent leader in the state, Comrade Splendour Eze Oko, expressed optimism regarding the newly constituted council.
He remarked that stakeholders and grassroots leaders are poised to collaborate with the interim leadership to foster unity and consolidate the party’s influence.
Additionally, the 2023 House of Representatives candidate for Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency, Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, characterized the inauguration as timely, asserting that it reaffirms the Labour Party’s stature as a credible and resilient opposition force in Ebonyi politics.
