The Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State has called for the party’s presidential campaign council to be immediately dissolved, claiming that party officials from the southern region of Nigeria dominate the council.
The party also adopted a resolution of disapproval for Julius Abure, the LP’s national chairman.
The State Secretary of the LP, Mr. Feyisola Michael, claimed during a news conference in Abeokuta that the PCC was being “southernized” against the interests of the north.
Michael claims that since the National Chairman, Obi, and the LP presidential candidate are both from the South, the director general and general secretary positions held by Doyin Okupe and Clement Ojukwu, respectively, should have gone to the North East and North Central.
This, he said, would reflect fairness and the spirit of federal character as enshrined in the constitution.
The state chapter of LP also accused Abure of plans “to illegally discontinue Ogun State LP’s litigation seeking court order on relisting of the candidates list by INEC.”
He stated that Abure had plotted to hijack the case currently ongoing in the Federal High Court by taking it over from the Ogun State Legal Adviser, Bar Mawah Monday.
“Therefore, we hereby passed a vote of no confidence on Barr. Julius Abure, the National Chairman of LP; Chief Clement Ojukwu, National Organizing Secretary, who also doubles as the General Secretary of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council instead of the National Secretary.
“We also demand the following: That the meeting of the National Executive Council be summoned immediately to avert further political unrest as the party has been hijacked by PDP dissidents through Clement Ojukwu and Bar Julius Abure.
“The immediate dissolution of the entire Labour Party 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,” he said.
