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Apapa’s Men Beaten To Pulp In Benin As Edo Labour Party Disclaims Guidelines (Videos)
By GWG Politics Editor
The Edo State chapter of Labour Party has disclaimed purported guidelines and time-table for the Edo governorship primaries of the party issued by the Lamidi Apapa faction of the party even as agents of the faction sent ahead of the primaries were publicly beaten to pulp in Benin.
The guidelines were reportedly issued by Dr Abayomi Arabambi.
In a press release signed by the Publicity Secretary and Image maker of Edo State Labour Party, Comrade Sam Uroupa noted that the said Dr Abayomi Arabambi is neither a member of Labour Party nor an official of the party and therefore lacks the locus to issue any statement on behalf of the party.
GWG.ng reports that the disclaimer came on the heels of a viral video that showed the purported National Youth Leader of the Apapa faction Anslem Eragbe and other associates being beaten to pulp by irate party supporters in Benin, Edo State.
They had supposedly arrived to prepare for the governorship primary.
Disclaiming the Apapa faction, the mainstream of the party in Edo State said:
“The attention of the Edo State chapter of Labour Party has been drawn to the release of a purported time table of activities for Edo State governorship primaries and signed by one Dr Abayomi Arabambi ahead the 2024 gubernatorial election.
“The Edo State chapter of Labour Party wishes to state as follows: That the national secretariat of the Labour Party has not released guidelines for the nomination of the party’s candidate for the Edo State 2024 governorship election.
“The said Dr Abayomi Arabambi who issued the purported guidelines and timetable for the Labour Party in respect of the Edo State Labour Party gubernatorial primaries is not a member of Labour Party and therefore lacks the locus to formulate guidelines for the Edo State Labour Party gubernatorial primaries and issue same to the public
“The Edo State chapter of Labour Party has a communication channel with the national secretariat of the party and this imposter – Dr Abayomi Arabambi – is not in any way connect with chain of communication.
While appealing to the party’s governorship aspirants for the Edo governorship election, its members and the general public to disregard the purported guidelines, the statement assured that the public will be duly informed of the activities lined up for the Edo governorship primaries when the party national secretariat issues the guidelines and time table.
“The general public will be duly informed through the appropriate Labour Party communication channel the guidelines and timetable for the party’s governorship primaries for the Edo State 2024 gubernatorial election when it is issued by the national secretariat of Labour Party.
“We appeal to all the Labour Party governorship aspirants in Edo State, all party members, our teeming supporters in Edo State and the general public to disregard the guidelines and timetable for the Edo State governorship election as issued by Dr Abayomi Arabambi as he’s not a member of Labour Party”, he said in the wake of the video of the Apapa associates being beaten in Benin.
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