Labour Party chieftain, Aisha Yesufu has described the National Chairman of the party Julius Abure as a "chronic liar" following allegations leveled against her.

Yesufu's reaction comes after Julius Abure had said Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo, managed the party’s campaign funds in 2023.

According to Abure, both LP chieftains were signatories to 2023 campaign funds and not the party as widely speculated.

According to Abure: “The party was never involved in the distribution of those resources. Our interest was to see how we could produce a president for the party. How it was done was not our concern."

The allegation shot her up the trends on social media.

In a rebuttal, Yesufu was doubled as the campaign fundraising team challenged the national chairman to tell Nigerians what he did with the proceeds of the infamous ‘Labour Party N1,000 Challenge’ campaign donations he had been raising since 2022.

“That statement Abure made was a big fat lie. He thinks it was like those days when they used to do their Labour unionism when nobody had the internet or kept records; those days they got away with everything. When it comes to certain things, I am a very detailed and process-driven person.

“There were times when the fundraising team was frustrated with me because of my insistence on due process. Before Mr Obi came out with his campaign account, the Labour Party had theirs. I have with me here a ‘Labour Party N1,000 Challenge’ post that was tweeted on 24/11/22. It said ‘Take ownership of the LP campaign by donating a minimum of N1,000 to Labour Party Zenith Account 1225832294.

“When that account was opened by Abure, I was very angry. I remember some people harmlessly saying it was no big deal since it was for the same Labour Party campaign. But I insisted that it is not the same thing because we don’t have access to any money that went into the LP account and, therefore, can’t use it to facilitate the electioneering campaign.

“So for Julius Abure to come out in 2024 to blatantly lie that they were not involved in any campaign, saying it was only Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua (is unbelievable). By the way, there are three signatories, not two as he said. Up till now, the LP neither accounted for the money the public donated to them nor accounted for the money used to procure forms.”

The allegation and counter-allegation come six months after Yesufu announced that the fundraising team received donations totaling N596m from party supporters, Obidient movements and well-meaning Nigerians across the globe.

She added that Obi also spent N744,500,000 on litigations following his loss in the 2023 presidential election.