Edo Guber : LP Capable Of Dislodging Opposition Parties

The Labour Party says it has the capacity to dislodge opposition parties in the coming Edo governorship election.

National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja.

According to him,for a long time, other parties have been ruling the state, and producing poor leadership, hence this is the time for the LP to correct the situation.

“We need to make it categorically clear that LP has what it takes to win Edo; I have spent 20 years in this party and I have tried to change the status of the party to a major opposition party from a small party, We have the opportunity to produce the next governor of Edo state. I am also from Edo, so we will work to produce a credible leader for the state” he noted.

“Therefore, having this opportunity of leading this party at this time, we cannot compromise the integrity of the party. I can’t short change the party, I will remain a worthy credible leader of the party” Abure added.

“I am assuring the LP that we will conduct credible party primaries with transparency and integrity in Edo; This is very necessary because where a party lacks internal democracy, the best candidate can never emerge,’’ he said

Abure who explained that Edo people are desperately looking up to the Labour Party to give them a credible leader promised the party’s readiness to do so.

The chairman said that the party has been facing numerous challenges since the 2023 elections, especially threat to life, but it would not relent because the struggle for a better country comes with such challenges adding that no amount of threat would discourage LP from rescuing Nigeria from the hands of dangerous individuals.

“We are also faced with accusations of forgery and corruption cases and people are being paid to destabilise the party”.

“We are, however, not discouraged by these challenges as the struggle for a new Nigeria comes with so many challenges just like what Nelson Mandela, Obafemi Awolowo and others faced”.

Abure said that there were many people claiming to have been cheated and substituted in elections by the party whereas it was not so and used the case of Mr Splendour Oko-Eze, among others, who alleged that the party substituted their names illegally during elections, adding that there were no such things as the party kept documented evidence of everything that happened.

He said he decided to address newsmen to create awareness on the issue and to stop mischief makers from doing things that will malign the party and misinform the public.

By Georgina Humphrey, Edited By Grace Namiji