The Labour Party (LP) Chapter in Nasarawa state, has suspended 11 executive members over alleged anti-party activities at the just-concluded March 18th Governorship and State House Assembly elections.
The affected members are; the State Secretary of the party, Dahiru Abubakar, the Women Leader, Hajara Dalhatu, the Treasurer, Musa Doma, and the Lafia Local Government Area party chairman, Muhammad Aliyu.
Others were party chairmen in seven local government areas of the state.
A statement by the party’s chairman, Alex Emmanuel, and Ashime Benjamin, Assistant State Secretary, in Lafia, said the suspension was done in conjunction with the national body of the party to guard against recurrence.
The statement reads, “They violated Article 19, Part ‘B’ of the Constitution that stipulates disciplinary measures for anti-party activities that lead to embarrassment, contempt, and ridicule of the party,’’
According to the statement, a five-man committee has been set up to further investigate the suspended members’ activities, and if found guilty would face further disciplinary action.
The Chairman further explained that when the party’s governorship candidate, Joseph Ewuga, stepped down and declared his support for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s governorship candidate, David Ombugadu, he duly informed the party.
