…says Gov’ship Aspirant, Members should be careful of impostors
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City
The National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Obiora Ifoh has said that the attention of the leadership of Labour Party has been drawn to a fake memo purportedly authored by a suspended member of the party, Barr. Akingbade Oyelekan where he, through his chambers, unilaterally dissolved the State that Executive Committee of the Party in Edo State state and also appointed a caretaker committee.
This was contained in a statement signed by Obiora Ifoh and made available to newsmen earlier today, 5th September, 2023 in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The statement urged members of the public, particularly all Labour Party governorship aspirants in Edo 2024, Labour Party members, as well as it’s teeming supporters and members of the Obidients movement to disregard the information as it is mere false information intended to mislead the unsuspecting members of the public.
The statement read in part: “That the said Akingbade Oyelekan is a known acolyte of Lamidi Apapa, a former Deputy Chairman of the Labour Party who has since been dismissed from the party since April, 2023 after the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Asaba alongside Apapa, Anselem Eragbe and four others for anti-party activities.
“That Edo State Executive Committee headed by the Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi is intact and has not been dissolved by the National leadership of the party.
“That the purported 24 man list unilaterally picked by Oyelekan is fake and are not known to the party. They are also not even card carrying members of the party as their names are not in the party register while some of them are not even from Edo State.
“That the latest antics of these group is to create a semblance of a faction in Edo State state like they did in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, thereby hoodwinking some of LP members who are aspiring into leadership position in the coming governorship election in Edo State thereby fleecing them of their hard earned money.
“That the leadership of the Labour Party is not in doubt as INEC website is open for all to visit; and that Barrister Julius Abure and his National and States Executive are still the authentic leadership of the party up till present.
“That Lamidi Apapa, Akingbade Oyelekan and their cohorts are not known to INEC and therefore are impostors and criminal elements who should be behind the bars for impersonation and serially abusing judicial processes.
“That any correspondence emanating from Lamidi Apapa, Akingbade Oyelekan or any of their cohorts must henceforth be ignored, discountenanced and trashed into the dustbin.
“We are therefore using this medium to advised the public particularly, the governorship aspirants in Edo State to beware of these disgraced former members of the party and avoid going into any dealings with them. Their trails of woes in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States are still fresh to the minds.”
