The 36 State Chairmen of the Labour Party including FCT, have debunked speculations that they were plotting to suspend the party leader and Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi.
They described the speculation as the handiwork of detractors. The state chairmen said this during a solidarity visit to the LP National Chairman, Julious Abure, at the party’s National Headquarters in Abuja, on Tuesday.
Chairman, Council of State Chairmen of the party, Ceekay Igara, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, also said they were satisfied with the day to day running of party affairs by the Abure- led NWC.
Igara said, “We also want to use this opportunity to debunk the allegation that the Labour Party are planning to suspend our National Leader, Peter Obi.
“Like we said earlier, our party is under worst siege ever, including unleashing fierce propaganda against the party.
“The party has not at any time contemplated a suspension of our leader. He remains our leader and will continue to lead the party in our avowed determination to pull this nation out from the strangulation under this present government.
“We are also using this opportunity to beg our media friends to cease on going media trial against our party and its leaders. What you are witnessing now is orchestrated and will fizzle out very soon.
“We are also aware that some people are afraid of the fortunes of the party in Edo state governorship election.
“Our exploits in Edo state, generally referred as the headquarters of the Obidient Movement in Nigeria, has not ceased to discomfort them and they are going all the way to fan embers of discord within the party. We want to assure them that their plots will fail and the party will trudge on to massive victory.
Earlier, while stating the main reason for the visit, Igara said, “We are here to pay a solidarity visit to the entire members of the National Working Committee of our great party and particularly to our National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure.
“We are here to reinforce our confidence on the Barrister Abure’s leadership of the Labour Party and his ability to provide good and transparent leadership.
“We are here also to use the opportunity to respond to some of the spurious and unfounded allegations that are being made generally on the leadership of the party especially the one that has to do with mismanagement of funds of the party and lack of transparency in the management of the affairs of the party.
“We are a critical part of the leadership of the Labour Party being members of the National Executive Committee.
“We thank them for being true patriots and we pray the posterity will be kind to them for all the sacrifices they are making to salvage this nation at huge price they are paying.” now.”
