The Director General, Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), Doyin Okupe, has been expelled from the party at his home state of Ogun State.
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At a press conference in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Chairman of Labour Party, Ogun State, disclosed, Okupe was expelled from the party alongside ten others.
Okupe and the other members removed from membership of Labour Party breached the party’s constitution, Ashade said.
Also present at the press conference were, National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Abayomi Arabambi; and the State Secretary, Feyisola Michael.
Ashade buttressed that Okupe has failed to pay his membership dues for the last six months of being a member of the party, has forfeited his party membership and is no longer fit and competent to continue as the Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
He disclosed: “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 not only irredeemable dead political and financial lives but has successfully stole 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 its 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 characters 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.”
