Labour Party on Monday passed a vote of confidence on its National Chairman, Julius Abure, who was allegedly suspended by a factional group of the party.
The party recalled that some groups who claimed to be Ward 3 executives of the party in Edo, led by the Ward’s Chairman, Martins Osigbemhe, had earlier announced the suspension of the LP national chairman.
The suspension was over allegations of forgery, perjury, mismanagement of funds, anti-party activities, among others.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Chairman of the party in Edo State, Mr Kelly Ogbaloi, said that the constitution of the party did not empower any group or party members to suspend a national officer who was elected by national convention.
He said “imposters “who were not registered party members cannot suspend him, so their action is out of ignorance .
“Those who did it do not even understand the message they were asked to deliver.
“It’s nonsense when few boys assembled themselves in Abuja and made the pronouncement they made.
“Those that issued the suspension were not members of the party, nobody knows them at ward level nor Local Government level talk more of the state level.
“In the constitution of Labour Party, no state, no local government, no ward has the right or whatsoever to assemble anywhere to suspend a national chairman who is a product of a national convention,” he said.
