Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has said he remains a member of the Labour Party despite the party not winning any local government seat in the just concluded council elections.

Governor Otti revealed this during the monthly media parley held at government house in Umuahia on Thursday night.

“I remain in LP, if there is the need to leave, you will be properly informed,” he said.

The governor’s faction of the LP had been overruled by the court, as it reinstated Julius Abure as the national chairman of the party.

Following the internal squabbles in the party and the decision of the faction led by the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Otti not to have anything done with the Abure-led faction, the governor said he asked his supporters to move to any party of their choice.

Though LP is the official party of the state government, it did not field any candidates in the local government election.

It was recall that in Abia state local government elections held November 2, the Labour Party couldn’t win any LGA seat as the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) won 15 LGA seats while Young Progressives Party (YPP) won 2 LGA seats which when put together, rounds up the 17 LGAs of Abia State.

Otti, speaking on Thursday, however, said “I can assure you that I am in LP.

“The crisis in LP made a lot of our supporters go elsewhere. Our people know those that would deliver the goods. As our people say, you know the child you would send out that would not disgrace you when they give him food. Even if he is hungry, he will refuse to eat.

“I believe that was what has happened in this case, right from the time I stood up to contest the election in 2015. When I left PDP to join APGA, our people followed me and I won that election then.

“APGA has not won even one councillorship before that time and then, we took almost half of the House of Assembly seats in 2015.

“So, sometimes, people recognise that political parties are empty platforms and that when you muddle up things in your political parties, you give advantage, create opportunities for your competitors and that was what happened in this last election.

“I authorised my followers to join any political party that they liked and the majority of them moved into other political parties. I remain in the Labour Party.

“Anytime I am going to leave, that is if there is any need to leave, you would be properly informed,” he said.