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  The Labour Party (LP) has dissolved the executives of the Ogun State chapter of the party over what it described as anti-party activities, barely two months before the 2023 general elections. The party secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim disclosed this on Friday, assuring that a caretaker committee would soon be announced to take over the affairs of the party in the state. It was also learned that the party also sacked the acting National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi.

The Labour Party (LP) has announced the dissolution of the executive council of the Ogun state chapter of the party.

The publicity secretary and the Ogun State chapter excos were allegedly involved in anti-party activities.

The Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party, Michael Ashade has accused Doyin Okupe, the party's presidential campaign director of misappropriating N20 million meant for mobilisation fees for a rally in Oyo State. The party chairman disclosed this on Saturday when he appeared on Arise TV. According to him, Okupe gave him only N4 million out of the approved N20 million meant for mobilising members of the party to the presidential rally in Oyo in November.

The spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, on Saturday, called on Nigerians to dismiss the report that the Labour Party’s flagbearer, Peter Obi, had unveiled his policy document as being reported in a section of the media. The report said that the LP candidate had “finally released his long-awaited 62-page campaign manifesto”,…