Edo: LP denies striking deal with PDP
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has debunked allegations that the party would field a weak candidate in the gubernatorial election in Edo State to make it easy for the ruling party in the state to have a lead in the elections. He told reporters on Tuesday in Abuja that there […]
Julius Abure
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has debunked allegations that the party would field a weak candidate in the gubernatorial election in Edo State to make it easy for the ruling party in the state to have a lead in the elections.
He told reporters on Tuesday in Abuja that there is no truth in that allegation because the failures experienced by Nigerians have been with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the saddle.
According to him, the Labour Party under his leadership was not in any plot with the ruling party in the state (PDP) to bungle a competitive candidate to square up and win come September 2024.
“I want to assure the people of Edo State that their investments in the party will become the ruling party by the election in September 2024. I want to assure the people in Edo that the Edo guber primaries will be transparent and competitive. The people would decide the candidate for the party.
“I have done 21 years at this party. In my time as chairman, God has used me to change the trajectory of the party. You all know that it was a transactional party before my time,” Abure said.
Abure also debunked allegations by some party members that he forged their signatures and illegally substituted them with other candidates during the 2023 general elections.
He said that those were false allegations fabricated by enemies of the party to cause chaos and disruption.
He also said that he had no intentions of running for the governorship position in Edo State and that his goal was to conduct a credible primary election and for the party to win.