The Edo State leadership of the Labour Party (LP), yesterday, refuted the claim that its national chairman, Julius Abure, had been suspended by some members of the party in the state.
The state chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi, in a signed statement issued and made available to newsmen in Benin City, said: “The names credited to have suspended the national chairman are not known as members of the party in Esan North East ,Ward 4 and as such do not have the locus for such action.
“The strange names and persons like Martin Osigbemhe, Lucky Shaibu, Iseh Zekeri, Omogbai Faruk, Abokhailu Aliu, Ayohkaire Lateef and Job Elamah are unknown to the leaders and members of the party in the affected area, thus their action, in whatever form are non-consequential, null and void which should be disregarded in its entirety by the general public.”
He described the signatories to the suspension gamble as faceless people with the sole intention of dragging the name of the party through the mud.
“We are law abiding people in our party that is working hard to ensure we build a new Nigeria of our dream, so, these faceless people just want to paint a different narrative which we are not ready to succumb to at this time.
“No faceless group of people would be allowed to start spreading false statement about our National Chairman after he has put in so much effort to build the party, we would resist it with all our collective strengths,” he said.
Ogbaloi further explained that the fabricators of the alleged suspension are not card carrying members and are not known to the party, whether at the state, LGA, and ward levels.
“We have checked the record of our members both at the state and LGA, those names are not in our register. If really they are our members, why are they afraid to use their real names? The reason is that they know the implication of their action,” he said.
The party, however, called on the general public to disregard the fabricated story as it is false and baseless.
In a related development, the leadership of the party, in the state has passed a vote of confidence in the national executive committee led by the national chairman.
The Labour Party in the state reaffirmed its confidence in his performance and declared its full support for him.
Credit: Daily Sun