‘Don’t jail yourself’ – LP warns self-proclaimed chairman, Okafor

The Labour Party, LP, has issued a stern warning to the self-proclaimed National Chairman of the party, Callistus Okafor, against deliberately walking into jail for contempt of court.

National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, gave this warning on Friday in Abuja while reacting to Okafor’s chairmanship claim.

Okafor had at a news conference earlier in the day claimed to be part of the 2014 National Convention of the Labour Party and went ahead to “unilaterally declare himself” as the National Chairman of the Party.

Ifoh said: “This latest development is coming after the judgement of a Federal High Court in Abuja which only recently validated the Nnewi Convention of the Labour Party that produced a new set of executives led by Barrister Julius Abure as the National Chairman.

“We wish to state clearly that Callistus Okafor could pass as a dramatist who chose to dance to the gallery and entertain people.

“We seriously don’t know who is playing the drums for this erstwhile member of the party, even after two successful National Conventions have been held and the party has since moved far beyond his imagination.

“Nigerians will recall that Mr. Callistus Okafor also showed up in 2021 when he declared himself as the National Chairman of the party and proceeded to court and failed both in the High Court and in the Appeal Court.

“The Court of Appeal held clearly that Callistus Okafor cannot use the Consent Judgement to make himself the national chairman of the Labour Party.

“In fact, the court reprimanded him and dismissed his suit with substantial cost, which he is yet to meet till present.

“We are rather shocked and surprised that the same Okafor has come up again, going against the Court of Appeal decision.”