OSUN LP SUSPENDS 13 MEMBERS OVER OBI’S PETITION

The leadership of the Labour Party in Osun State today suspended the National Legal Adviser of the party, Mr Samuel Akingbade, and the state Women Leader, Mrs. Susan Ojo, for attempting to create a faction in the Labour Party’s fold in the state.

Announcing the decision of the party at a press conference held in Osogbo today, the Osun state LP chairman, Adebayo Bello, explained that the executives have also suspended 11 local government chairmen of the party, for attending a meeting called to create a faction.

Bello also accused the suspended members of lending support to the attempt to jeopardise the petition of the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Mr. Peter Obi, against the victory of President Bola Tinubu currently being heard by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

He added that the affected officials had wanted to hide behind the crises rocking LP at the national level to create faction in the state.

Having discovered the intention of the affected officers, Bello said LP State Executives met on May 11, where they resolved to support the National Working Committee led by Barrister Julius Abure and suspend those found working against the party’s unity.

The members were suspended for anti-party activities and gross misconduct.

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