State Labour Party Rejects Composition Of Presidential Campaign Council, Gives Reason

State Labour Party Rejects Composition Of Presidential Campaign Council, Gives Reason

The Labour Party (LP) yesterday, passed a vote of no confidence on the National Chairman of the party,  Julius Abure and the National Organising Secretary of the party who also doubled as the General Secretary of the  Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Clement Ojukwu.

The position of the Ogun State branch of the LP, was expressed by the party’s State Chairman, Comrade Samuel Ashade, at a news conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The Ogun State LP demanded that the entire party’s Presidential Campaign Council be disbanded immediately due to alleged lopsidedness in its composition.

Specifically, Ashade stated that the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council did not reflect the federal character of the party, contrary to what was stated in the party’s constitution.

Ashade, who demanded a meeting of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) to avert a crisis, claimed that the LP had been hijacked by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissidents via Abure and Ojukwu.

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The chairman questioned the inclusion of strange names on the Campaign Council when the party’s National Publicity Director, Dr. Abayomi Arabambi, who should have been an automatic member of the council, was not.

The exclusion of Arabambi, an Ogun State party leader, from the campaign council, according to Ashade, was the result of an altercation between him and Dr. Doyin Okupe.

He stated that the council’s composition has portrayed the LP as an anti-North party, which is unsuitable for a party vying for the presidency.

He said: “We of LP in Ogun State, hereby demands the  dissolution of the entire LP Presidential Campaign Council to reflect true federal character as enshrined in the constitution so that the North East ,North Central, National Secretary and  Deputy National Chairman South can all have their constitutional role openly effected

“That the Director General and Secretary General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council be ceded to the North-east and North-central since the presidential candidate and National Chairman are both from the South.

“We also demand the immediate recognitions of the National Publicity Secretary to his rightful position in the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council and the Labour Party constitution

Also, we want the immediate redeployment of Oyelekan Akingbade as the Legal Head of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council in line with the extant position of our party Constitution.

“The National Working Committee of the party, has within seven days to heed this demand to convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting if truly they are serious about the 2023 General Election failure which we will seek other lawful options.”

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