Labour Party, LP, in Nasarawa State has suspended 11 executive members for engaging in anti-party activities at the just-concluded governorship and House of Assembly elections.
This is contained in a statement issued in Lafia and signed by the party ‘s chairman, Alex Emmanuel, and Ashime Benjamin, Assistant State Secretary.
It stated that the suspension was done in conjunction with the national body of the party to curtail recurrence.
The suspended executive members were state and local government party officials who were allegedly involved in anti-party activities at the March 18 elections.
The statement reads
“They violated Article 19, Part ‘B’ of the Constitution that stipulates disciplinary measures for anti-party activities that lead to embarrassment, contempt, and ridicule of the party,’’
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It stressed that the officials endorsed a certain political party at the just-concluded governorship election without recourse to the LP thereby ridiculing the party.
The chairman explained that when the party’s governorship candidate, Joseph Ewuga stepped down and declared his support for the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, governorship candidate, David Ombugadu, he duly informed the party.
Those suspended included the State Secretary of the party, Dahiru Abubakar, the Women Leader, Hajara Dalhatu, the Treasurer, Musa Doma, and the Lafia Local Government Area party chairman, Muhammad Aliyu.
Others were party chairmen in seven local government areas of the state.
The statement added that a five-man committee has been constituted to further investigate the suspended members’ activities and if found guilty would face further disciplinary action.
The committee has two weeks to carry out the assignment.
Edit: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
