A faction of the Labour Party, LP, in Ekiti State, has vowed not to recognise Mr. Akin Omole and other state executive members until a congress scheduled for September is held.
The faction made up of foundation members of the party in the state has equally faulted the emergence of Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele as the gubernatorial candidate of the party for this year’s polls, saying new members could only aspire into such office after being in the party for six months.
The faction called on the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to recognise Akin Omole as the Chairman of LP in the state.
A statement by six members of the group and made available in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, stated that the absorption of the members of Ekiti Bibire Coalition, a political platform of Hon. Bamidele into the party, did not follow due process.
The signatories are: Obafemi Adedayo, Mr. Akinola Abidakun and Okunola Olufemi.
Others are: Adedamola Temitayo, Babatola Sunday and Elder Adelusi Dare, Secretary, Ikole Local Government.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti recently, the LP National Chairman, Dan Nwanyanwu, clarified that Omole remained the recognised and authentic chairman of the party.
Nwanyanwu, who said there was no faction in the party added that those fanning the amber of discord in the party are allegedly being sponsored by All Progressive Congress to destabilise the party.
Speaking further, the group alleged that the appointment of Omole as the Chairman of the Party without proper congress contravened Article 13 of the Party’s constitution, thereby describing the process null and void.
It warned Omole to stop parading himself as the Chairman of the party, saying, “the elected executive at all levels before Bamidele and his group joined the party, are hereby reinstated and as such they are to continue with the party’s business until a congress scheduled for September 2014 takes place.”
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