The LP urged the media to ignore Lamidi Apapa’s ally Basil Maduka’s proposed press briefing as he is unknown to the party.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Labour Party (LP) has urged the media to ignore a proposed press briefing by Basil Maduka, an ally of Lamidi Apapa.
A statement on Wednesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said Maduka sent an invitation to the press over a proposed briefing ahead of the Imo State governorship election.
Maduka’s invitation to the press scheduled for Wednesday, 10:30am at Efab Classic by NEPA Junction, Apo reads, “You are invited to a press briefing by Chief Basil Maduka Labour party candidate from the Abure faction to clear the air on his candidacy and the controversies surrounding the Labour Party tussle ahead of the Imo state governorship election.”
Responding to this, the LP said, “In case you are not aware, Basil Maduka is one of the two aspirants who stage-managed Imo state governorship primaries under the supervision of Lamidi Apapa. He is one of the agents of Apapa who under the influence created crisis in the Labour Party. He is the same character who sued the party up till the Supreme Court but lost woefully.
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“After losing out at the Supreme Court, he and his cohorts are probably hatching another plot to perpetuate their sinister motives. His claims that he is from Abure led executive raised our curiosity, hence our raising the alarm. Basil Maduka is not known to our party. He is a co-conspirator with Apapa.
“We are therefore calling on the media and general public to flee from these agents of destabilization who will stop at nothing at ensuring that Labour Party lives with unnecessary cracks.
“The party had also on Monday, in a press briefing appealed to the media against giving audience to these expelled members of the party and their cohorts who have been consistently impersonating the officials of our party. We restate here that with the Supreme Court’s recent pronouncement on the Labour Party issue, all crises before now has ceased. There is no faction in the party as Julius Abure remains the only recognized national chairman of the party.”
