Julius Abure, national chairman of the Labour Party, has been asked to provide an accounting of the party’s finances.
The funds, which come from form sales and other fundraising efforts for the general elections in 2023, total more than N3.5 billion.
During a press conference in Abuja on Monday, February 12, the national treasurer of the party, Mrs Oluchi Oparah, stated that the acts of the national chairman are preventing her from carrying out her legally mandated responsibility of overseeing the party’s finances.
Oparah said; “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the press. I stand before you today with a heavy heart and a sense of duty to the principles of transparency, accountability, and justice. With great reluctance and deep concern, I am compelled to publicly address the media regarding the egregious financial mismanagement and corruption that have plagued our beloved labour party under the leadership of Mr Julius Abure, the current National Chairman.
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“As national treasurer, I am constrained to come before you and the public today because the internal mechanisms of our party have failed woefully to bring Mr Abure to account for his brazen abuse of office and misappropriation of party funds.
“His appetite for power has grown unchecked, and he has deliberately undermined my duties and authority as stipulated in the party’s constitution.”
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