When the Presidential Campaign Council of this great party was inaugurated with the attendant criticisms, we were full of hopes that the inaccuracies there would be addressed when our candidate intervened.
The mantra of the Labour Party is based on fairness and equity, all aggrieved Stakeholders were looking forward to the composition of an all-encompassing new list.
It is on record that the People’s Democratic Party is facing a battle of its life over its failure to keep to the principle of fairness and how to manage an internal crisis.
It is on this note that the Labour Party National Coalition For Defence Of Equity And Social Justice is calling on the party leadership to ensure that such evil does not befall our noble party, thereby giving the other parties an edge over us.
Worthy of note is the fact that Nigeria’s democracy since 1999 has embraced zoning arrangements to give everybody a sense of belonging, but an attempt to jettison it is threatening the cohesiveness among Nigerians.
So, it is imperative that our great party does not toe this same path and allow the opposition to catch on to our disagreement.
To this end, the Labour Party National Coalition For Defence Of Equity And Social Justice which comprises concerned members of our party through this Coalition rejects the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council as released by the Party’s National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure.
The Council is a reflection of lopsidedness and a shift away from the principle of fairness, justice, and equity that the Labour Party is known for.
For the coalition, the appointment of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation which comprises National Campaign Council, The Management Team, Zonal Officers, and State Coordinators that favour only the South-East and South-South is unjustifiable and fails the test of Natural Justice.
It is our firm belief that the attempt to sideline the South-West, North-East, North-Central, and North-West cannot be in the interest of the party.
This is coming at a time when part of the campaigns against our party and its candidate is that it is a sectional party, we need to change this narrative, but we are afraid that this is not the way to go about it.
A stitch in time saves nine, so we believe there is still enough opportunity for the leadership of the party to change this narrative.
It is on these premises that we demand that there should be a review of the present Campaign Council.
We demand that the list must accommodate members from the South-West, North-Central, North-East, and North-West.
The Coalition view in strong terms the attempt by the trio of Barrister Julius Abure, Dr Doyin Okupe, and Clement Ojukwu, to christianalise Labour Party in favour of the southern part of the federation against the North which is against the spirit and letters of Labour Party motto of equal opportunity and social justice.
The Coalition rejected the appointment of South-East members as State coordinators in the North.
The Coalition, therefore, called on Abure to immediately dissolved the National Campaign Council, The Management Team, the Zonal Officers, and other directorate officers who are mostly cronies of the Director-General and his deputy.
Furthermore, the Coalition advises Barrister Julius Abure to depart from the old order of PDP with the Presidential candidate, National Chairman, and Director-General all from the North and APC same faith Tickets.
This will remedy the harm that has been done and give everyone the required sense of belonging.
While we are assuring you of our best support and loyalty, we will not hesitate to explore all other options, which include but are not limited to legal instruments to seek redress.
We wish the party a fruitful deliberation.
Thank you
Bolaji
Convener
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