The Labour Party (LP) has
rejected plans by the immediate past Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko
to return to the party.
Recall that Mimiko on Wednesday
resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Dr Mike Omotosho, Chairman,
Labour Party made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
Omotosho also said the party had
no candidate for the forthcoming Governorship election in Ekiti state.
According to him, LP was fully
aware of plans by Dr Mimiko to destabilize the current gains being made by
workers to reclaim and reposition the party.
“It is very obvious that the sole
purpose of Mimiko’s re-approach to Labour Party is to use the workers’ party to
launder his sagging political image.
“Nigerians would recall that
Mimiko abandoned the Labour Party for the Peoples Democratic Party a few days
to Labour Party’s October 2015 National Convention.
“Such a treachery and betrayal of
a party that gave the former Governor succour in the darkest hour of his
political career, especially, as it manifests in his two term victory on the
ticket of Labour Party is to say the least, cheap and callous.
“It also revealed paucity of
knowledge of the philosophy of the Labour Party as a people rooted party and
dearth of class consciousness on his part, ‘’ Omotosho said.
The chairman further said that
the leadership would continue to work to rebuild the Labour Party, especially
through the instrumentality of the Political Commission.
He, however, urged all workers
and indeed genuine lovers of popular democracy to ignore the political
theatrics of people like the former Governor of Ondo state.
“He has shown Nigerian workers
that he cannot be trusted. The Labour Party is no longer a transit bus to
strange political destinations, particularly under the subterfuge of people
like him.
“In the same vein, the Labour
Party wishes to categorically disown and-condemn recent posturing and
proclamations by some ‘politicians in Ekiti State.
“That they are the candidates of
the Labour Party in the forthcoming governorship elections in Ekiti State.
“The Labour Party has no
candidate in the July 14, 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State.
“lNEC, workers and the Ekiti electorate should
not allow themselves to be hoodwinked by the antics of political impostors,’’
Omotosho said.
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