Two persons suspected to be members of the Lamidi Apapa’s faction of the Labour Party were on Friday apprehended by supporters of the party in Edo State following their alleged plans to conduct a primary election for LP candidates ahead of the 2024 governorship election in the state.
In a video that went viral on Friday in Benin, some of the party supporters were seen beating the two suspects for coming into the state for the alleged activity.
Confirming the report, the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Samson Uroupa, said the suspects were bent on creating trouble in the party.
He called on security agencies in the state to arrest anybody laying claim to a faction in the LP, noting that the issue of faction has been dealt with by the Supreme Court.
He said, “That is what we learnt. As a party, we are surprised that people can still be causing trouble like that. But there is no faction in the Labour Party led by Abure as the national chairman.
“We think if there is anybody still laying claim to a faction in the party, the security agencies should arrest such persons because the Supreme Court has laid that matter to rest.
“Anybody going under any guise to purportedly conduct primary election or whatever should be arrested by the security agencies. That is our stand because Labour Party is one.
“The people are impostors and are not members of the Labour Party. They are just out there to cause trouble. Maybe opposition parties are the ones sponsoring them.”
The party’s state Chairman, Kelly Ogbaloi, urged members of the public to disregard any purported notice claiming “Time-Table and Schedule of activities for the Labour Party Re-Run, Bye-Elections with Edo and Ondo Gubernatorial Primaries 2024.”
He said that such notice never emanated from the national secretariat of the Labour Party, as it has not released guidelines for the nomination of the party’s candidate for the Edo State 2024 governorship election.
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