The national chairman of the Labour Party in Edo State, Julius Abure, has been placed under suspension.
This comes after the state executive branch of the party approved Abure’s expulsion from Arue, Ward 3, Esan North-East Local Government Area, as stated in a letter sent to Abure on May 14, 2024.
At a press conference held on Friday night in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, in the presence of state and local government officials as well as other party members, the chairman of the LP Esan North East Local Government Area, Patrick Onogbenin, revealed that he had received a letter on May 14th detailing Abure’s suspension from Arue Ward 3 of the Esan North East Local Government Area. The letter was sent by Ward 3 Chairman Thompson Ehiguese.
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According to Onogbenin, he had subsequently deliberated the issues raised with other members of the party’s executive in the local government and upon conclusion that the reasons for the suspension were weighty enough wrote to the state executive for ratification of the suspension.
The state chairman of the labour party, Kelly Ogbaloi who received and read the two letters said considering the contents of the letters and reasons given for the suspension, the state executive had no choice but to ratify the suspension which had been ratified and upheld at the local government level.
“The state executive council is extremely reluctant to ordinarily adopt this kind of situation but I must tell you that tonight we are very constrained and have no options whatsoever at our disposal to refuse this presentation.
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“This is more so when it is indeed coming from the very ward where barrister Julius Abure originates. We therefore find no iota of evidence that has the capacity to prohibit us from agreeing to ratify the suspension
“On behalf of the state executive committee we have the suspension ratified. Please take notice that you have been suspended from the membership of Ward 3, Arue, Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government, Edo State.
“This decision was reached after a rigorous deliberation by members of the ward in consideration of your high-handedness, antiparty activities in the administration of the party and other myriads of allegations of fraud levelled against you which are currently under investigation.”
