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Daily Post Nigeria LP distances self from splinter group in Cross River Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Politics LP distances self from splinter group in Cross River Published on September 18, 2024 By Asare Asare The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Cross River State has described a group of former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) officials, who are angling for leadership of the party, as impostors. The group, led by former NLC chairman in the state, John Ushie, reportedly held a media event in the state capital and insinuated that a new executive committee of LP had been formed in the state. However, in a statement signed by Dr.
Ofem Lekam Ujong, State Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, the party affirmed that Ogar Osim remains their State Chairman. “We strongly call on the gentlemen of the press to uphold the ethics of objectivity, news balancing, and fairness while dealing with the impostors and to protect the general public from becoming victims of their illegal and mischievous activities. “Ordinarily, we would as usual ignore what we consider to be an anecdote meant to entertain the general public, but for the sake of our passionate and committed members who might become victims of these impostors, we strongly call on the authorities to investigate the activities and motives of these desperados, whose main aim is to deceive gullible members of the public in view of the forthcoming Local Council elections.
” The statement recalled that during the general elections last year, the same group allegedly impersonated the leadership of LP in the state. It claimed that the group reportedly deceived the general public and even went ahead to produce candidates through an illegal primary they conducted at their office. “At the end, none of those produced through their illegal primaries were recognized by INEC.
They have risen again to deceive more innocent citizens. “It is necessary to state clearly that there is no vacuum in the Labour Party Cross River State as the current Chairman, Patriarch Ogar Osim, and his team of executives were duly elected at a congress monitored and documented by INEC in March 2022 for a four-year tenure, as enshrined in the party’s constitution in Article 16, Subsection 1, which says, ‘All National and State Officers of the Party shall hold office for a period of 4 years per tenure and a maximum of 2 tenures per member for the respective office.'” Related Topics: cross river LP Don't Miss Labour Party caretaker chairman, Usman inaugurates members, calls for unity, cooperation You may like More PDP members defect to APC in Cross River 2024 budget: Edo Poly got N900m for road in Cross River, N300m for traditional palaces – BudgiT Fishermen, farmers rue militants’ atrocities in C’River communities NNPP ex-guber candidate, Ukpai, other party members join LP in Abia 2 Mpox cases evacuated to isolation centre in Cross River – State govt Council Polls: IPAC threatens to stop Cross River LG allocations Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd.
