BREAKING: LP Spokesman Sacked, Ogun Chapter Dissolved

Abayomi Arabambi, the acting national publicity secretary of the Labour Party (LP) has been sacked and the Ogun chapter of the party disbanded for their alleged involvement in the purported expulsion of Doyin Okupe, the director general of the Obi-Datti presidential campaign council.

The affected members were deputy State Chairman II East, Jagun Lookman; state Women Leader, Oluwabukola Soyoye, ex-state Treasurer, Gbadebo Fesomade; state Publicity Secretary, Jide Amusan; state Youth Leader, Abdulmalik Olaleye; Assistant State Youth Leader, Adeshina Shojobi; Senatorial Women Leader Ogun East, Deborah Adewale; Assistant State Secretary, Olatunde Abolade, Abel Olaleye and Abayomi Collins.

Recall that The Eagle had disclosed that Alongside Okupe, 10 others were alleged to have been expelled from the party too, citing the reasons were, failure to update membership status with dues, financial recklessness and high-handedness.

However, the party’s governorship candidate Mr. Kehinde Sogunle, called the incident a joke and asked Nigerians to ignore the rumour.

Sogunle said the party can no longer tolerate “jungle politics”, and disclosed that the real executive members of the party in Ogun State will meet today to take a decisive decision on the “rascality displayed by the renegades,”

In a similar vein, the national chairman of the party called the removal of Obi’s DG “false news.”

He asserted that the state executives lacked the authority to depose him.

He said, “The acting National Publicity Secretary has been relieved of his appointment by the National Working Committee. A disciplinary committee has also been constituted to investigate his anti-party activities as a member of the Labour Party.

“The Ogun State chapter of the party has also been dissolved and the chairman and its exco suspended. A caretaker will be appointed to take care for the party’s activities in the state. They will also be investigated by the disciplinary committee for anti-party activities.

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“The NWC has also unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the National Chairman, Julius Abure. Consequently, we call on the party members to adhere strictly to the provision of the Constitution and Code of Conduct of the party. We also call on the general public to have more confidence in the party as the leadership of the party is working very hard to ensure that we are not distracted. The bad elements and the Judas among us will be fished out gradually and punished in accordance with the Constitution of the party.

“We also called on Nigerians to disregard any negative information spread by some miscreants as the party’s loyalists, whereas we have found out they are acting out the script of our opposition.”