The Ondo State chapter of the Labour Party has debunked the reports of defection and collapsing of structure by the party in the Southwest region for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
Reports in the media on Monday, claimed that the Labour party in the region had collapsed its structure into the ruling APC ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
But a statement by the Ondo State Chairman of Labour Party, Remilekun Ojo,refuted the report, explaining that the purported defection meeting was chaired by an expelled member of the party.
Ojo said:”The attention of the Labour Party of Nigeria especially the Ondo State Chapter has been drawn to a purported meeting/defection held at Adegbemile hall, Akure, today Monday 13th February 2023 at noon.
“The meeting attended by about a few dozen people alleged that the entire Southwest Labour Party has been merged with the All Progressive Congress (APC) with effect from today. As expected, the meeting was chaired by an expelled Labour Party member, Mr. Banji Omotoso, who was the then caretaker state chairman in Ekiti state from 2017 to 2019”.
The LP chairman insisted that the acclaimed coordinator of LP in the Southwest, Banji Omotosho, who defected to the APC has ceased being their member since January 2020.
