Over what it described as sidelining of some leaders from the northern part of the country, the Ogun State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP) on Thursday demanded an immediate dissolution of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council.
The party also passed a vote of no confidence on the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure.
The State Secretary of LP, Mr. Feyisola Michael, told journalists at a news conference in Abeokuta that the composition of the council was skewed against northern interest.
He accused the National Chairman of the party of a plan to illegally discontinue the state LP’s litigation, seeking court order on relisting some candidates with INEC
Michael revealed that Abure plotted to hijack a case currently ongoing in the Federal High Court by taking it over from Ogun State Legal adviser, Bar Mawah Monday.
He lamented the exclusion of the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi from the PCC, due to his altercation with the Director General, Dr Doyin Okupe over the membership of the council.
Michael disclosed that the state leadership of the party passed a vote of no confidence on the National Chairman and Chief Clement Ojukwu, National Organizing Secretary who also double as the General Secretary of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council instead of the National Secretary.
His words: “We also demand the following: That the meeting of 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.
“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.
The immediate recognition of the National Publicity Secretary to his rightful position in the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council and the Labour Party constitution.”
