Edo 2024: Abure Under Pressure As Party Members Protest

Towards the Labour Party (LP) governorship primary slated for this month in Edo State, party members have protested against alleged attempts at twisting the process to favour one of the aspirants by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure.

The protest which took place  on Sunday captured the angry protesters at the state party’s secretariat with placards bearing different inscriptions, chanting, “Abure must go.”

The protesters were, however, prevented from entering the building by security operatives, who also seized some cameras belonging to journalists covering the protest.

It took the intervention of the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council,  Festus Alenkhe, for the security operatives to release the cameras.

The protesters alleged that Abure had compromised his position and demanded that he should stay away from the February 24 governorship primary.

One of the protesters, identified as Imafidon Emmanuel, stated, “Why would the National Chairman of the party say that the executive will not be part of the primary? Who does he want to participate in the primary? What it means is that he already has a candidate of his choice, which is very wrong! We want everybody to participate. We want a free and fair primary. 

“We don’t want Abure to influence the primary, whoever emerges as the candidate of the party, should be allowed to be the candidate.”

Another protester identified as Johnson Edobor, said, “We want peace in the Labour Party. We don’t want the National Chairman again. The National Chairman is giving us problems. We don’t need him again in Edo State. We don’t want to sell the ticket. We have been losing elections in other states. We don’t want to lose Edo State too.”

The Edo State Chairman of the Labour Party, Kelly Ogbaloi, revealed that the secretariat of the party was attacked by weapon-bearing protesters.

He said, “People came protesting with weapons and they told the press that they were protesting because they were informed that the primary would not be free and fair; so they came to attack us.

“For over two hours, we were under siege but we were protected by some security operatives. That was why we were not within their reach.”

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