The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr. Isaiah Osifo, has said that the Labour Party (LP) is now a gang of fraudsters, News About Nigeria reports.
He made this known in a statement, condemning the leadership crisis rocking the party in Edo State ahead of the September 21st governorship elections in the state.
He noted that the party has been in crisis because of its good showing in the last general election, which it could not manage and is now worse than the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to him, it is normal for political parties in the country to abandon the democratic principles they preach once they get to power.
He also stated that, as wise people, Nigerians have been taking into account the disgraceful attitude of the Labour Party both in Edo State and at the national level.
“LP has joined in the usual characteristics of political parties in Nigeria. When the party is growing and working to attract members, its leadership will demonstrate a high sense of responsibility and commitment to internal democracy. Once the political party records success in inter-party general elections and has members elected to various levels of government, the leadership will metamorphose into a gang of fraud and personalise the political party. This is the present case of the Labour Party in Nigeria, which is worse than the APC and PDP in its organisation.
“Nigerians are wise, and they are witnesses to the disgraceful conduct of the leadership of LP in Edo State and at the national level since the 2023 general election, which recorded a significant victory for LP in Nigeria,” he stated.
Osifo further noted that the national leadership of the LP led by Julius Abure, despite the grievous allegations against him, has refused to bow out but is rather trying to entrench himself in the party, a development he maintained has snowballed into the party in Edo State.
He urged voters in Edo State to vote for the APGA as the alternative they need to correct the ills of the current and previous administrations in the state.
