There appear to be more crises hitting the Labour Party in Ogun State following the suspension of the state chairman, Michael Ashade, the Secretary, Feyisola Michael and the National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, over allegations of gross misconduct and anti-party activities.
The suspension was announced by a faction loyal to the Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe who alongside 10 other members, was expelled for alleged breach of the party constitution.
Okupe was booted out of the party by the state chairman, national publicity secretary, and other top executives on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
Meanwhile, in a counter-move, some members loyal to the campaign DG announced the suspension of Ashade and Arabambi for their earlier action.
The plot twist occurred on Friday as the Deputy Chairman, Lookman Jagun and four others reaffirmed Okupe’s membership, while axing the trio of Ashade, Feyisola and Arabambi citing anti-party activities.
“Rising from an emergency leadership and stakeholders’ meeting held today in Abeokuta, the party decided to axe these officers for various offences bothering on connivance with other parties, especially the ruling All Progressives Congress Government in the State to thwart the aspirations of Labour Party candidates in Ogun State as well as their various gross public misconducts and anti party activities.
“We consider their recent vituperation and interventions as scenes from their theatre of the absurd and their last dance of the macabre by making such insensitive, uncouth and laughable announcements on severely faulted and faultable premises.
“We dissociate ourselves and condemn its utterances and import in its entirety and declare it undemocratic, unreasonable, capable of threatening the peace and the democratic space of the country and of no substance and effect whatsoever.
“We hereby reaffirm and pass a vote of confidence on the Director General of the Obi Datti Campaign Organisation Dr. Doyin Okupe as well as the 11 notable members of the Party that are purportedly expunged.”
Jagun also urged the party leadership to direct Arabambi to “to hand over and hand off all matters in court on the listing of Labour Party candidates names for the 2023 Elections to prevent electoral failure of the party in Ogun State.”
