Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the Labour Party, Kelly Ogbaloi, on Saturday dismissed the purported suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure.
The Edo LP Chairman stressed that Abure’s purported suspension was carried out by people not known to the party.
Ogbaloi, in a press statement he personally signed, said the names listed to have suspended the national chairman were not known as members of Labour party in Esan East, Ward 4 and as such lacked the locus to take such an action.
The Edo LP Chairman said, “I must say that the Labour Party in Edo has nothing to do with the purported suspension of the national chairman, Barr. Julius Abure.
“The strange names 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 actions, in whatever form, are inconsequential, null and void which should be disregarded in its entirety by the general public.”
The Edo LP chairman also described the signatories to Abure’s suspension as faceless people with the sole intention of dragging the name of the party in the mud.
He added, “We are law abiding people in our party that is working hard to ensure we build a new Nigeria of our dreams. 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 falsehood about our National Chairman after he has put in so much effort to build the party. We would resist it with our collective strengths.
“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? They know the implication of their action.”
Meanwhile, the LP leadership in Edo State has passed a vote of confidence in the national chairman.
The LP state chairman also reaffirmed confidence in Abure’s performance and declared their support for him.