The National Secretariat of the Labour Party has nullified the purported suspension of the Director General of its Presidential Campaign, Dr. Doyin Okupe, by the Ogun State chapter of the party.
Umar-Farouk Ibrahim, the national secretary of the party said this when he addressed reporters in Abuja on Friday.
Mr Ibrahim said that the national leadership of the party was surprised at the suspension by the Ogun chapter which was without due process.
“The Ogun State Chapter has acted outside its Constitutional jurisdiction; the party has an internal conflict resolution mechanism of handling cases against members as enshrined in the party’s constitution.
“There are also disciplinary measures to be taken, for example, before you discipline any member, there are certain procedures that you have to follow, you have to issue a query among other procedures, and that has not been followed.
“No complaint was written by the state chapter, his ward and his local government, so we are saying the national headquarters is not aware of what they are doing, they are doing it on their own.
“The National Working Committee(NWC) is going to set up a committee and appropriate disciplinary action would be taken against the perpetrators in the state exco and we are going to fish them out and take appropriate action,” he said.
