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By Madu Obi
The Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party has declared total support to the decision of the Ugochukwu Emeh -led Anambra State branch of the party to boycott Saturday’s local government election in the state.
The party said in a statement that it opted to boycott the election because the process violates the Electoral Act.l
In a statement, the national leadership specifically said that it “is on the same page with the Anambra State chapter on the proposed local government election.”
The statement said: "The national leadership of the Labour Party is in total support of the position of Labour Party in Anambra State led by Chief Ugochukwu Emeh(Chairman ) and C.J. Okoli Akirika (Secretary) and other stakeholders that Labour Party is not participating in the proposed Anambra State local government election scheduled to hold on 28/9/24 based on violations of the Electoral Act and Nigerian Constitution.
The national leadership of the Labour Party is also aware that the party is already in court in Suit No A/265/2024 Labour Party vs Anambra State House of Assembly and also suit No FHC/CV/AWK/223/2024 Labour Party vs ANSIEC &14 others challenging the procedure for the proposed local government election, and never sponsored any candidate to contest the questioned Anambra State LGA election.
The National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party hereby confirms that we have not constituted any Caretaker Committee in any state of the Federation, including Anambra State and that our Party in Anambra State is presently led by Chief Ugochukwu Emeh(Chairman) and C J Okoli Akirika (Secretary)"
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