The Chairman of the Abia State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, Hon Ceekay Igara has described the purported suspension of the national chairman of the party Barr. Julius Aburie as a joke taken too far, even as he exonerated the party and its Governor-elect Dr Alex Oti from any involvement in the raging matter of the freezing of Abia state bank accounts.
Hon Igara, who is also the chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Abia state spoke at an interactive session with the press in Aba on Monday, March 2.
He called on all LP members and supporters across the country to disregard the said suspension of the national chairman, adding that it is a deliberate and desperate attempt by some unscrupulous political actors, using some faceless and transactional elements to distract the LP from seeking to retrieve the peoples mandate from political rogues.
“Our preliminary findings have revealed that those behind the plot are not even members of LP and are not known in any of the local chapters in Edo state. We will be converging in Benin on Thursday (March 5th) and we are going to among other things express our confidence on the National Working Committee led by Barr. Aburie. We cannot be distracted from the real task ahead,” Hon. Igara stated.
The Abia LP boss noted that the rumour making the rounds alleging that Dr Otti and the LP in the state, have a hand in the freezing of Abia state accounts by an Abuja High court is yet another attempt to distract the party and its Governor elect.
“The Governor-elect has no reason for such. He is very coordinated and focused. He is aware that smear campaigns such as this most come. But the truth remains that neither him as a person nor the party is directly and or remotely involved. His media aide has said all about this matter. We all know that he wouldn’t want to do that. What is he hoping to achieve with that, knowing fully well that he will take over on May 29th, 2023.
The party according to him, has not decided if it will participate in the local council elections which the PDP led administration in the state has scheduled to hold next month. He said the party will make its position known after consultations with all stakeholders.