Confusion in South South State as Labour Party Makes Fresh Announcement
- Nigerians across the country have been assured that the executive council of the Labour Party in Rivers state still stands
- This assurance was given by the national legal adviser of the Labour Party after claims that the party had dissolved its excos in Rivers state
- Akingbade Oyelekan said the party's constitution has made provisions on how to handle issues of anti-party activity as claimed by Kenneth Okonkwo while announcing the dissolution of the Rivers executives
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The leadership of the Labour Party in Rivers state has dismissed the claim that the party dissolved its executive council in the state.
The Punch reports that the Labour Party's national legal adviser, Akingbade Oyelekan, said that such a decision by the party was faulty and would not stand.
Source: Original
Oyelakan's remarks followed an announcement by the spokesperson of the LP's presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, who said that the party had dissolved its Rivers state chapter executives over anti-party activities.
However, in his reaction, Oyelakan said that Okonkwo was not a member of the party's national working committee and has no powers to dissolve its executives.
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He also said that the power to make such an announcement lies with either the national secretary of the LP's NWC or the party's national publicity secretary.
His words:
“Our party’s constitution has laid-down procedures to dissolve executives or a member of the party executive that erred.
“The process encompasses, first setting up a disciplinary committee that will listen to the issue viz-a-viz the allegations and the response from such a person or the group of persons. Now, the disciplinary committee will recommend to the NWC the appropriate measure or punishment to be taken or a punitive measure to be imposed on such a person or executives.
“But, this time around there was nothing like that and with due respect, Kenneth Okonkwo is not a member of the NWC of the party. He is not an executive with any of the structures of the party: State, Local Government, or even national and so he can not speak for the NWC."
Oyelakan further advised Okonkwo to desist from meddling in the internal affairs of the party while insisting the Rivers chapter's executive of the Labour still constitutionally stands.
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