JUST IN: Labour Party Suspends Chair For Alleged Misappropriation of N21m, Others

JUST IN: Labour Party Suspends Chair For Alleged Misappropriation of N21m, Others

The Taraba State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended its chairperson, Esther Gulum, for allegedly misappropriating N21 million in campaign funds.

She also received a no-confidence vote from the executive council yesterday, which accused her of misappropriating over N21 million meant for campaigns.

Gulum’s six-month suspension, according to State Organising Secretary Peter Philip, was necessary to allow the party’s leadership to investigate the allegation.

Apart from allegedly diverting funds intended for the party’s presidential rally in the state, Gulum was also accused of running the party affairs solely with her immediate family members.

According to Philip, the use of personal accounts to run the affairs of the party in the state necessitated the action taken by the party’s executive against her.

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Her sins were numerous, according to The Guardian, as she was accused of engaging in anti-party activities and working for the state government since ascending to the party’s leadership position in the state.

“Lack of accountability and transparency in running the affairs of the party in the state,” they said, was the order of the day.

Gulum, on the other hand, claimed to be innocent of the allegations leveled against her.

While admitting that N17 million had been approved for the rally, she claimed that N9 million had been released to her for the event, which she had repaid to the exco.

She said: “It is childish and false to say that I was given N20 million by Peter Obi’s campaign council and I embezzled it. I was not given N20 million; I was given only N9 million and I used it judiciously with a clear record.”

According to her, the allegations against her could be the work of a youth leader desperate for money who wants to tarnish her good name and image.

“It is also false to say that I am running the party office with my immediate family and that I engage in anti-party. I want the national secretariat and all supporters of our party to disregard the information, as it is purely false, targeted at tarnishing my good image and that of my family. I am a loyal party woman and I am Obedient,” she added.

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