The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party has been thrown into a state of serious turmoil as it has been revealed that they will certainly not be participating in the 2023 governorship election in Ogun State due to the recent revelation by the INEC.
This development is coming as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to include the political party in their vetted list of gubernatorial candidates who would be contesting for the number one seat in the State.
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As of the time of filing this report, 13 names from different political parties have already been vetted and confirmed by the INEC as the governorship candidates of their respective parties, but that of the Labour Party is nowhere to be found.
Africa Today News, New York also reports that details of the 13 candidates and their running mates have been posted at the INEC office in Abeokuta.
Speaking, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Mr. Niyi Ijalaye said the records available to him showed that, “Labour Party did not submit any name of their governorship and deputy governorship candidates to us.”
Ijalaye said the party did not submit a list of its House of Assembly candidates too.
Reacting, the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Abayomi Arabambi claimed the omission was an “administrative error.”
While saying he was aware of the situation, Arabambi said the party would be in Abuja on Tuesday to correct the error.
However, the INEC REC insisted that the administrative error could not have been from the commission, but the Labour Party, asking the party to go to the INEC headquarters in Abuja to correct the said error.