Three Labour Party (LP) members of the House of Representatives have dismissed their purported suspension from the party, describing it as “laughable” and a desperate attempt by a “dethroned emperor” to cling to power.
Abure suspended the trio of Hon. Afam Ogene, Leader of the LP caucus in the House, Hon. Seyi Sowunmi, deputy leader, and Hon. Amobi Ogah, a notable caucus member.
He suspended the only LP governor, Dr Alex Otti of Abia state, Senator Ireti Kingibe, and Senator Darlington Nwokocha, Secretary of the Labour Party’s national caretaker committee.
In a joint statement titled “Our Former National Chairman Goes Mad Again,” the three LP lawmakers expressed dismay that Abure seemed focused on orchestrating its disintegration to appease external forces driving his actions instead of working to improve the Labour Party’s fortunes.
“From yesterday’s overreach of himself and his band of jesters, it is now evidently clear to everyone who has followed recent events in the Labour Party, that our former national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, has gone mad again, in a desperate move not to go down alone.
“It’s utterly absurd that Abure, who failed to demonstrate moral integrity during his tenure as national chairman, now claims the authority to sanction party leaders. Only in Abure’s distorted reality can those with questionable character judge others. In the real world, his Supreme Court-nullified leadership status has reduced him to a self-serving, shameless impostor driven by personal gain.
“A political party is set up for the specific goal of participating in the democratic process, especially the contestation for power.
Since the Peter Obi effect of 2023, what has Abure and his gang of undertakers done to enhance the party’s fortunes? We challenge him and his cohorts to name one single individual of note that they have attracted to the party since 2023.
“From Kogi to Bayelsa, Ondo to Edo, what Abure has done is lead the Party to disastrous outcomes.
All they have excelled in is running the party as a criminal enterprise, fleecing aspirants of hard-earned cash in exchange for the party ticket.
Even in his native Edo, where he was dragged on the floor like a common felon because of disputes over misappropriated delegate funds, the overbloated and egoistic Abure couldn’t even win his party’s polling unit.
“Pained of being kicked out of his lucrative position as national chairman, on account of abuse of official malfeasance, Abure and his gang of jesters have resorted to desperate antics to stay relevant. Which self-respecting national chairman of a political party busies himself running around media houses like a press boy? The last time around, it was announcing the sack and replacement of Hon. Ogene as caucus leader, but when that didn’t work, he resorted to contriving a fake suspension order.
“Abure has appointed himself as a willing undertaker for the destruction of the soul of the Labour Party, but ironically, he is only supervising the burial plan of his image and integrity as a public servant and political leader. We wish him well,” they added.
