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The Labour party, Edo State Chapter is again confronted by major crisis as the Julius Abure led national leadership of the party fires the state executive led by Kelly Ogaloi.
The party National Secretariate, however, Inaugurates a 17-man caretaker committee headed by a former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Elizabeth Ativie, to oversee the running of the chapter.
The crisis took a new turn as the leaders in the Arue-Uromi, in the Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State suspended Abure for alleged high-handedness and anti-party activities.
A letter of suspension dated May 14, 2024, and another letter of ratification dated May 15, 2024, both of which were ratified at a meeting of the state executive committee on Friday, May 24, 2024, in Benin, stated that the suspension was with immediate effect.
The State Executive advised Abure to restrain from holding out or parading himself as a member of the Labour Party in Ward 3, Arue, Uromi in Esan North-East LGA, Edo State.
However, the national body denied knowledge of the suspension, noting that Abure remained a member as well as the national chairman of the party.
Based on that, the national leadership of the party inaugurated in its place a caretaker committee on Monday, a ceremony performed by the Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi.
While administering the caretaker committee to the oath of office, Dr Olorunfemi said the new leadership of the party in the state came on board as the tenure of the Ogbaloi-led executive council ended in April.
He said the new leadership of the party in the state was expected to take charge of the affairs, pending when a fresh congress would hold to elect a new executive in the state.
Olorunfemi, therefore, called for unity in the party and assured that the party would be united in the state with the new caretaker committee.
In her acceptance speech, Ativie promised to move the party to a higher level in the state, as she also promised to reconcile all aggrieved parties in the party.
