• Refutes claims of making N3.5b from 2023 election
Labour Party (LP) has suspended its National Treasurer, Ms Oluchi Opara, for six months with immediate effect for bringing the party into disrepute.
The suspension came following the recommendation of a disciplinary committee to its National Executive Council (NEC) through the National Working Committee.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, announced her suspension at a press conference held at the LP secretariat in Abuja, yesterday.
Opara had, on Monday, challenged the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to account for an alleged N3.5 billion raised from the sale of nomination forms and fundraising activities in the build-up to the 2023 general elections.
While speaking on Arise TV’s ‘Good Morning Show’ on Tuesday, Opara, again, claimed that the Abure-led NWC was working hand-in-hand with the Edo State Government, which is governed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking on the allegations on Wednesday, Ifoh described Opara as a mole, who was being used by dissidents in the party.
Ifoh indicated that contrary to Oparah’s claim, the sum of N1.2 billion, and not N3.5 billion, was realised from the sale of forms to aspirants in 2023, membership cards, donations and other sources.
