Two weeks before the presidential election, controversy has hit the Labour Party in the South-West as its leaders announced the collapse of its entire structure in the region into the All Progressives Congress.
“In view of this, we, leaders of the Labour Party in the South-West, have decided to leave the party because we have a lot of mediocre there and what they are looking for is money, they are not ready to serve Nigeria.
“We are the pillars of that party in the South-West, and to the glory of God Almighty, we have pulled down the structures today . I was so surprised to hear from the DG of the party, Akin Osuntokun. We don’t know him in Labour Party. Akin Osuntokun is representing his own personal interest.” The National Coordinator of the SWAGA 2023, Dr Dayo Adeyeye, while receiving the defectors, charged them and others APC members across the South-West to go back to their various polling units and work for Tinubu to win the forthcoming presidential poll.
Disagreeing, in a statement, Ondo State Chairman of the Labour Party, Ojo said, “The meeting was chaired by an expelled member, Banji Omotoso, who was the then Caretaker State Chairman in Ekiti State from 2017 to 2019.” Ojo said the LP in the South-West and in the six geopolitical regions “remains one and indivisible” and under no circumstances would the party think of merging with any party, “not even the APC that has brought untold hardship and suffering to the nation.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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