Party Chairman demands replacement of DG from the North
For failing to pay his membership dues, the Labour Party has suspended the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe and 10 others.
Okupe, Labour Party’s former Vice Presidential Candidate placeholder, and others, were suspended by the Ogun State chapter of the party on Thursday.
Announcing the party’s decision at a press conference, Ogun State Labour Party Chairman Michael Ashade said Okupe and others for failing to pay their membership dues in the last six months had breached the Labour Party’s constitution.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi and the State Secretary, Feyisola Michael were also present at the press conference.
Ashade said Okupe, having failed to pay his membership dues for the last six months of joining the party, has forfeited his membership of the party and is no longer fit and competent to continue to act as the DG of the Presidential Campaign Council.
Ashade said Okupe and 10 others have run afoul of the article 9(3) sub(iii) and Article 9(3)xi of the LP constitution and thereby, ceased to be party members.
He said, “Okupe has polarised the party in Ogun State with his crops of PDP dissidents and political liabilities who are only using Labour Party to revive their irredeemably dead political and financial lives, but has successfully stolen all that is available in LP.
“Therefore, in line with article 19(3) of the Labour Party constitutional provision, we declare that Dr. Doyin Okupe, having failed in the payment of his membership dues for the last six months of joining the Party, has forfeited his membership of the Party and no longer fit and competent to continue to act as the DG of the Presidential Campaign Council.
“We hereby notify our National Chairman Bar Julius Abure and Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, that it is expedient to obey the constitution of Labour party by immediately appointing another DG for the PCC, and that should come from the North to reflect federal character and political balance.
“We challenge Dr. Doyin Okupe to provide evidence of any payment in respect of membership dues prior to today into any bank account of the party.”