The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Bar Julius Abure has said that the party has not endorsed any candidate for the Edo 2024 governorship elections.
Abure also said the crisis rocking the Edo State chapter has been resolved and that the party’s door is open for everyone who has an interest in joining the party.
He made the statement in Benin after his two days thank-you visit to the state.
He said,
“I want to thank you for the support you gave to Labour Party candidates during the 2023 general elections. I want to say that our work was made easy by your support. The press adequately reported us despite the fact that we don’t have money to share, but out of your zeal to see a new Nigeria.
“I came to thank everybody in Edo State for their support during the election, I started my visit from my Ward in Esan North East, where I met with all the leaders of the party. I want to thank them because, in my Ward, I won all the elections, both the Presidential and House of Assembly Elections, though it was marred with irregularities, I won all.
“I feel that I owe it as a duty to appreciate everybody. The Labour Party scored 79 per cent in the Presidential election in Edo State,” he added.
On the crisis rocking the party after the election, he said,
“We have set up a committee to look at the problem of Labour Party in Edo State and resolved it. I have said that our doors are open to new members, and I want to make it clear that I have not endorsed anybody for Edo 2024 governorship election.
“The LP primaries that will produce the candidate are going to be competitive and transparent. Our problem with PDP and APC is that they lack internal party democracy, that will produce the candidates that have the pedigree, capacity, and competency to anchor our affairs as a nation, and that has landed us in the problem we are today.
“Therefore as an emerging political party, we believe that we should change the political narrative. We can not be seen doing the same thing. Members and delegates of Labour Party will decide who becomes the party candidate for Edo 2024 election.
He also said that the party is optimistic that the Presidential Election Tribunal would do justice to the case before it, having presented its facts before the court.
