LP State Chairmen Lament Marginalisation, Threatens Election Boycott

LP State Chairmen Lament Marginalisation, Threatens Election Boycott

A few days before the presidential election on February 25, the Labour Party is facing a major schism, with states chairmen alleging that members of the party in the North are being neglected by the presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the running of the party’s campaign and mobilization activities.

They stated Obi failed to recognize the critical role of the leadership of the 36 state chapters and instead chose to work with cronies and support groups.

Sani Abdulsalam, chairman of the Gombe state LP and co-ordinating chairman for the 36 states, said at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday that such tendencies could affect the party’s performance at the polls.

The leader of LP state chairmen, accompanied by Mohammed Alkali, the national vice chairman, northeast, and Ibrahim Bukar, the Yobe state chairman, among others, claimed that money meant for the mobilization of poll agents was withheld by the national chairman, Julius Abure.

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He hinted that funds expected to be channeled to polling unit agents through State Chairmen or National Officers had not been distributed, emphasizing the critical importance of polling unit agents in winning elections.

He accused Obi of insensitivity and high-handedness while bemoaning the lack of LP’s polling unit agent, among other things.

Abdulsalam said: “I speak on behalf of 36 state Chairmen of our party in my capacity as the Coordinating Chairman. We have never been respected by the party leadership and also our presidential candidate has no respect for our party executives at state levels because Peter Obi deliberately mismanaged our goodwill with the imposition of his members and other support groups that decamped with him in May 2022 to our party.

“Of note today Wednesday the 22nd day of February 2023 was the meeting we had with the National Chairman in the party head office where the discussion was held about the logistics support for state chapters and National officers towards effective Mobilization of our members for the presidential and National Assembly election on Saturday, February 25, 2023

“To our surprise, the National Chairman said the Presidential candidate has no confidence in all the 36 state chapters’ leadership but would rather choose to work with their cronies and support group that came with him.

“The greatest shock from the National Chairman was that money for agents will not be sent to any State Chairman or National officers except those three NWC members including a woman and that all state Chairmen and 19 other members already picked by Mr Peter Obi himself will be given monies meant for party agents and alert.

“No alert has been received by any State Chairmen and information reaching us confirmed that money was paid based on ethnic and religious consideration because only persons of a particular ethnic group currently run the campaign of Mr Peter Obi in cohort with the National Chairman, has polluted the Party.

“As members of the Labour Party National Executive and National Working Committee (NWC), it is our considered opinion and informed conclusion that Peter Obi cannot win this election since all party executives have been sidelined. He is not ready and is grossly ill-prepared for the Presidential race.”

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