The Labour Party’s National Secretariat has overturned the Ogun State chapter’s alleged suspension of Dr. Doyin Okupe, Director General of the party’s presidential campaign.
Additionally, it deemed the State Executive Committee’s suspension of additional party members as void and without consequence.
This was said by the national secretary, Alhaji Umar Farouk, during a press conference on Friday in Abuja.
Farouk said, “It has come to the attention of the National Leadership of the Labour Party, LP that the Ogun State chapter of the party has purportedly suspended one of the party member who happens to be the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Committee.
“The Ogun state chapter has acted outside its constitutional Jurisdiction.The party has internal conflict resolution mechanism of handling cases against party members as enshrined in the party’s Constitution.
“Therefore, the Suspension of Dr. Doyin Okupe from the party by the Ogun state chapter is null and void. He still reman’s a card carrying member of the Labour Party and the DG of the PCC.
“The Party in solidly united behind its leads and the leadership of the PCC.“
The party scribe explained that attempts by opposition supporters in some political parties to infiltrate the ranks of the LP at all levels in order to sow discontent were known to the national leadership.
This, he claimed, was due to the opposition to the LP realizing how much more likely the party and its candidates are to succeed overall.
According to him, “It has become obvious that the chances of Labour party’s Candidates emerging victorious in the up coming general elections is becoming brighter every day.
“The party leadership will do everything within its powers. to ensure that our cohesion is not tempered with and will not be distracted by the antics of the opposition as our candidates are already cruising to victory. Insha Allah.“
He further said, “ We have also noticed with concern the recent attacks on our party. members, candidates and officials in some states particularly, in Edo, Ebonyi and Kaduna states where one of our Local Government Women leaders was gruesomely murdered.
“ We call on the oppositions, particularly the states governors to restrain their thugs as well as the security agencies to be more vigilant and carry out their constitutional responsibility in protecting lives and properties of the citizens.“