The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials.
The party also appointed acting executive members according to a
statement signed by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Kenedy
Ahanotu Deputy National Secretary.
They stated that the decision was taken at a National Executive Council
meeting of the party held in Asaba and attended by members of the National
Working Committee.
Also in attendance at the Asaba meeting were states chairmen and
secretaries of the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
The Asaba meeting was also attended by the party’s National Assembly
members-elect, officials of INEC, those of the NLC and the Trade Union
Congress, according to the statement.
It added that the NEC reaffirmed and upheld the decision of the Akure
convention which expelled its former publicity secretary Mr Arabambi Abayomi.
“NEC considered the disciplinary committee’s report which recommended
the suspension of the former Youth Leader, Mr Anslem Eragbe and recommended him
for expulsion at the next national convention.
“Pending the next convention, NEC suspends Eragbe indefinitely.
“NEC also suspended the following National Working Committee (NWC)
members: Lamidi Apapa, Alhaji Salem Lawal, Favour Reuben, Gbenga Daramola,
Samuel Akingbade and Mohammed Akali,’’ the statement also read.
It added that the NEC constituted a disciplinary committee comprising
the National Youth Leader, Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Publicity
Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, and Acting National Legal Adviser, Mr Edun Kehinde,
as members.
It listed other members as the Acting Deputy National Secretary, Mr
Rotimi Kehinde and the National Vice Chairman South-South MR Anthony Ezeagwu.
The NEC also critically evaluated the 2023 general elections and noted
INEC’s failure to transmit election results in real-time from polling units,
which it said gave room for massive manipulation of results.
The statement condemned electoral violence and the use of security
agencies to intimidate voters and perpetrate other crimes in parts of the
country.
“NEC noted the resilience, and doggedness of our presidential candidate
and its resolve to legitimately reclaim its mandate in court.
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