… Insists on Candidacy of Comrade Beatrice Itubo
THE National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has dissolved the party’s State Executive Council in Rivers State for alleged anti-party activities and corruption in the management of party’s funds.
Abure disclosed this in a statement Tuesday, stating that the dissolution is with immediate effect.
He said those “who were at the helm of affairs in Rivers State when our presidential mandate was openly stolen in Rivers State should step aside until full investigation is completed on what happened on that day”.
Abure said the party has lost confidence in the ability of the compromised State Executive Council led by Deinye Pepple to lead the campaign for the governorship and State House of Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11, 2023.
Abure called on all Obidients in Rivers State to disregard every comment made by the Pepple leadership throwing the party’s weight behind the candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming governorship election of March 11th and “reiterates the full backing of the Labour Party on the candidacy of Comrade Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party as the next governor of Rivers State.”
Hours before the dissolution, Pepple had endorsed the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Siminialayi Fubara, saying he is supporting a young and vibrant candidate who is from the South-East Senatorial District that has not produced a governor in the state.
Pepple however asked “Obidient” in Rivers to vote for the LP State Assembly candidates in the elections. He said the decision is in line with the values of equity, fairness and justice which propelled them to support the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi
