The Labour Party in Edo has suspended the membership of a former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Elizabeth Ativie who along with some other persons had appeared in a video which captured the purported swearing-in of a 17-member caretaker committee for the party in the state.
In a stakeholders meeting in Benin City on Saturday, the state chairman of the party disclosed that Ativie was suspended in her ward, Ward 4, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State on May 4th and the suspension was subsequently ratified at the local government area level on May 30.
“The executives of Labour Party, Ward (4) Uhunmwode LGA after due consideration of your gross anti-party activities and insubordination have approved your suspension as a member of Ward 4 in Uhunmwode local government area,” the statement read.
“While this suspension is with immediate effect, you are advised to restrain from holding out or parading yourself as a member of the Labour Party, Ward 4, Uhunmwode LGA.”
The candidate of the party for the September 21 Edo governorship election, Olumide Akpata who was also in the meeting advised members of the party in the state to stay focused and ignore distractions so as to pursue the goal of winning the election.
Akpata disclosed that he was not aware of any legal instrument from the relevant organ at the national level of the party informing the Labour Party in Edo State of the dissolution of its state working committee or the inauguration of a leadership different from the Kelly Ogbaloi -led state working committee.
