Osun LP suspends 13 over anti-Obi moves

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Osun LP suspends 13 over anti-Obi moves

The leadership of the Labour Party in Osun State on Thursday suspended the National Legal Adviser of the party, Mr Samuel Akingbade, and the state Women Leader, Mrs Susan Ojo, over allegation that they were attempting to jeopardise the petition filed by LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to challenge the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential poll.

Announcing the decision of the party at a press conference held in Osogbo, Osun LP Chairman, Adebayo Bello, said the executives had also suspended 11 local government chairmen of the party, for attending a meeting called to create a faction of Labour Party.

According to him, the sanctioned members wanted to hide behind the crises rocking LP at the national level to create a faction in the Osun chapter of the Labour Party.

Bello said having discovered the move by the officers, the LP State Executives met on May 11 and resolved to support the National Working Committee led by Julius Abure. They also suspend those found working against the party’s unity.

The party chair said, “The intention is to create parallel structures at the national level and the states to lend support to the dirty agenda of scuttling the legal struggle of reclaiming the mandate of Mr. Peter Obi and Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed in the 2023 presidential election.

“We observe that if the activities of these undemocratic persons is not checked on time, it will either weaken the Labour Party structure in Osun or collapse it totally.

“Samuel Akingbade (National Legal Adviser), Mrs Susan Ojo (state Women Leader) and 11 chairmen of local government areas of our party in Osun State, who participated in a meeting organised by National Legal Adviser and suspended state Woman Leader, are hereby suspended from the party indefinitely.

“These members stand suspended for anti-party activities and gross misconduct. This decision will be forwarded to the National Working Committee of the Labour Party and other relevant bodies, including all security agencies for further actions.”

He said the party executives in the state would continue to work towards ensuring that LP remained a united and formidable political platform capable of producing visionary and transformational leaders.