Labour Party, LP, Chairman in Anambra State, Comrade Peter Okoye, has raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life.
Okoye alleged that he was being attacked by the governorship candidate of party, Dr George Moghalu.
Okoye had challenged Moghalu’s candidacy in court. Following the development, the court asked Moghalu to stop parading himself as the LP governorship candidate.
Okoye told our correspondent that he recently received a disturbing telephone call from an unidentified man who introduced himself as “Jack from Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area.”
According to him, the caller warned that unless he withdrew the suit filed against Moghalu within 48 hours, he would face dire consequences.
According to him, the caller said: “If you don’t withdraw the case from court within 48 hours, I will chase you out of Anambra State. Ask them in Anambra who is Jack, I’m from Nanka. I learnt you are from Orumba. If you don’t remove that case from court, I will know whether you are mad. Are you stupid? How can you jeopardize the future of scores of young people in the state? What I’m telling you now, if you don’t remove that case from the court, you will see me — Ogbanje ga-agba gi.”
Okoye said he suspects that the call was from someone loyal to the governorship candidate.
The case, initially filed at the Federal High Court, Enugu, was on September 8, 2025, transferred to the Federal High Court, Anambra.
Okoye maintained that Moghalu remains an impostor and not the duly recognized candidate of the Labour Party, which he said is under the leadership of Senator Nenadi Usman.
He argued that Moghalu was sponsored by the Julius Abure-led faction of the party, which was sacked on April 4, 2025, while the disputed primary election that produced him was conducted the following day, April 5, 2025.
Okoye appealed to security agencies for protection,saying: “I call on all security operatives in Anambra State to protect me and my family against George Moghalu’s attacks. He is not our candidate. Anambra voters should disregard his illegal gatherings.”
When contacted for his reaction, George Moghalu dismissed the allegations, questioning Okoye’s claims of being state chairman of the party.
“Who is Okoye? Okoye is not Labour Party Chairman in Anambra State. That’s rubbish. Let him go and report the matter to the police for investigation. If anybody is threatening him, it is not to my knowledge,” Moghalu said.
On the alleged phone call from one Jack of Nanka, Moghalu distanced himself from the development, saying: “I don’t know about that. Why am I going to threaten him? It’s his fundamental right to go to court if he is aggrieved.”