Labour Party dissolves Ogun excos, sacks national publicity secretary

The Labour Party has dissolved the Ogun State chapter executives of the party for alleged anti-party practices. The party also sacked its national publicity secretary, Abayomi Arabambi,

This is coming almost two months before the 2023 general elections.

The National Working Committee of the party took the decision, following their role in the alleged expulsion of Doyin Okupe, the Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council.

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During the emergency meeting of the NWC in Abuja on Friday, Umar Farouk, the National Secretary of the Labour Party, announced the dissolution of its state chapter in Ogun, the removal of the party spokesman, and the suspension of its chairman and other executives.

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The committee is said to have passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of its embattled National Chairman, Julius Abure, saying it has reviewed the corruption allegations leveled against him and found him not culpable.

Okupe and 10 other members of the party were removed by the leadership of the Ogun State chapter of the LP over alleged “non-financial membership status, political rascality, and misappropriation of funds.”