Labour Party Sacks Rivers State Excos See Why

The National Leadership of the Labour Party sacked its Rivers State chapter on the same day it endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for compromising the recent presidential election.

iexclusivenews reports that Julius Abure, the party’s National Chairman, announced the decision on Tuesday following an emergency meeting of the party.

This online news outlet understands that this came shortly after the state chairman of the Labour Party, Deinye Pepple, announced at a press conference in Port Harcourt that the party’s state chapter had endorsed PDP governorship candidate Sim Fubara.

Mr Fubara has been absent from his campaign due to his ongoing battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations of financial fraud while serving as Accountant General in the Nyesom Wike administration.

Wike has been leading his campaign while the candidate has gone underground to avoid arrest after the EFCC declared him wanted.

Wike, who is preparing to defect from the PDP with his supporters to the APC, is doing everything he can to ensure Fubura, his anointed candidate, is elected governor despite the Labour Party’s threat of defeat.

The Obidient Movement-led party claims it won the Rivers State presidential election but was duped by Wike, who ensured he delivered the state to the APC to keep his end of the bargain.

The Obidients, outraged by what they see as electoral fraud, have vowed to pay Wike in his own currency.

The National Working Committee of the Labour Party, enraged by the state chapter’s actions, dissolved the State Executive Council.

Abure said, “The National Working Committee has lost confidence in the ability of the compromised state Executive Council led by Mr Deinye Pepple to lead the campaign for the gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections come March 11th.

“The National Working Committee urges all Obidients in Rivers State to disregard every comment made by the disgraced State Chairman of the Labour Party, Deinye Pepple, on the election of March 11th and reiterates the full backing of the Labour Party on the candidacy of Comrade Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party as the next Governor of Rivers State.

“The National Working Committee therefore enjoins all Obidients to come out massively on March 11th to vote for Comrade Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party,” Abire said.