The party leadership, under Julius Abure, was forced to beat a retreat on its decision to create the directorate after a strong opposition from the Obidient movement leaders, and later from Obi.
The movement leaders accused the Abure leadership of the party of trying to undermine Obi through the directorate.
However, the national publicity secretary of Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, in a terse statement yesterday, 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.”
