The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been suspended indefinitely.
News About Nigeria reports that the suspension was approved at a meeting of the state executive committee on Friday night in Benin, Edo State.
According to the letter of suspension dated May 14, 2024, and another on May 15, 2024, Abure was suspended with immediate effect.
The letter, signed by the Ward Chairman, Thompson Ehiguese, and Ward Secretary, Stanley Usiomoh, advised Abure to stop parading himself as a member of the party.
The State Executive Committee, led by Kelly Ogbaloi, endorsed the decisions of the ward and local government committees of the party on Friday.
Ogbaloi stated that the state executive council had no choice but to endorse the suspension, which was also approved by the party’s executive council in the Esan North East local government area of the state.
The state deputy chairman of the party, Patrick Agbontaen, said the party was fed up with the series of allegations of misdemeanour against the embattled national chairman and was fully in agreement with the decision to suspend him until further notice.
The ratification letter reads: “Here forwarded to you and for your consideration is the ratification of the suspension of Julius Abure from the membership of Ward 3, Arue, Uromi, Ean North East LGA, Edo State. The LGA Executive met on 15th of May, 2024, about noon, to consider the matters presented on the suspension and accordingly found them weighty, and the suspension was ratified and upheld.”
This development comes after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) told Julius Abure to obey court judgement if he wanted forgiveness and reconciliation with the union.
The NLC made the demand barely 24 hours after Abure’s appeal, stating that the union is open to negotiations but Abure must step down as LP chairman for peace to reign.
Abure secured his re-election in March, which the NLC referred to as an “illegality” and “brazen impunity!”
The NLC Head of Information, Benson Upah, said the union is willing to forgive the insults, but they insist that the right and proper thing, as contained in the contempt judgement, be done.
