Labour Party (LP), Nasarawa State Chapter has announced the suspension of 11 officials for engaging in anti-party in the just concluded governorship and State House Assembly elections in the state.
This is contained in a press statement signed by Mr. Alex Emmanuel, State Party Chairman and Mr. Ashime Benjamin, assistant State Secretary and made available to the newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia.
The statement said the suspension was done in conjunction with the national body of the party to curtail future occurrence.
It said the suspended executive members of the party included officials from both the state and local government levels who were involved in ant-party in the just concluded governorship.
“With reference to a complain letter to the national body of LP dated 24/3/2023 on the misconduct of some party state and local government executive members and the response received.
“We wish to bring to your notice that the suspended members have gone contrary to the party’s constitution of Article 19 part ‘B’ and number 2 that stipulates disciplinary measure on anti-party that lead to embarrassment, contempt, ridicule of the party,” he said.
According to the statement, some party officials both at the state and local government levels had endorsed certain political party in the just concluded governorship election without a recourse to the Labour Party thereby ridiculing the party.
They recalled that when the governorship candidate of the Party, Joseph Ewuga stepped down and declared his support for Peoples Democratic party governorship candidate, David Ombugadu he duly informed the party.
“In the build up to the governorship election, our party governorship candidate Joseph Ewuga stepped down for PDP governorship candidate and he informed the party and we communicate same to the national body of our great party,” he said.
The statement listed the suspended officials to include; State Secretary of the party, Dahiru Abubakar, women leader, Hajara Dalhatu, treasurer Musa Doma, Lafia LGA party chairman, Muhammad Aliyu.
Others are chairman of the party in LGAs, Kurah Tente, Keffi LGA, Ashefo Jubrin, Obi, Promise Ezekiel, Akwanga, Muhammad Aruwa, Karu LGA, Abdullahi Eya, Nasarawa LGA, Abdulrahaman Kasimu, Awe, and Achuku Ibrahim, Nassarawa Eggon LGA.
The statement said five – man committee have been constituted with two weeks time frame to investigate the suspended members’ activities, saying if found guilty disciplinary action would be taken against them accordingly.