Drama in Labour Party Continues as Leaders, Candidates, Disown Embattled Spokesperson
- Labour Party in Lagos state have disowned the embattled national publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi
- Also, they party affirmed their support, Barr Julius Abure and other members of the party’s national working committee
- According to them, they have confidence in him and his team to lead the party to victory come 2023, calling on Arabambi to stop trying to distract the party
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Arabambi Abayomi, the suspended national publicity secretary of the Labour party (LP) has landed in another trouble.
This time around, the Lagos state executive members, candidates and stakeholders of the party disowned him.
Also, they reaffirmed their vote of confidence on the national chairman of the party, Barr Julius Abure and other members of the party’s national working committee.
This was disclosed in a s statement signed by secretary of the Labour Party in Lagos state, Chief Sam Okpala.
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The statement read in part:
“The former national publicity secretary, Arabambi Abayomi, being from the Southwest, was initially charged by the party’s national secretariat of Labour Party led by the national chairman Dr. (Barr) Julius Abure to ensure that the party’s candidates for Senate and house of representatives positions are listed in INEC portal for the forthcoming general elections in 2023.”
“The party did this to allow Arabambi prove his critics wrong that he was/is an agent of the ruling APC to sabotage the labour party in the southwest zone in general and Lagos State in particular as was being suspected at the time."
Peter Obi sends jittery message to PDP, APC, promises to increase minimum wages
Meanwhile, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has vowed to put an end to the stealing of public funds in the country.
The former governor of Anambra also promised to heal and unite the country if the people elected him in the 2023 election.
Obi said this while sending a veiled message to the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The presidential hopeful maintained that his administration will ensure that the control moved from consumption to production, adding that this would create jobs, and reduce criminal activities.
2023 Election: Names of powerful churches Peter Obi has attended since he joined Labour Party
Legit.ng earlier reported that Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, has been seen in many church programmes since he emerged as the party's presidential candidate.
Even Ifeanyi Okowa, the vice presidential candidate of the PDP, has accused Peter Obi of dragging the church into politics.
Valentine Obienyem, Peter Obi's spokesperson debunked the claim, noting that ex-Anambra governor attends all functions based on invitation, including church programmes.
Source: Legit.ng