The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has met with Senators-elect and House of Representatives-elect of the party and urged them not to leave the party.
The party also slashed the amount of the off-season gubernatorial election form from N25 million to N15 million.
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Speaking at the meeting which was also attended by the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi and Senator Nenadi Usman, the national chairman of the Labour Party, Barr Julius Abure, said they will go after those who stole their mandate and retrieve it legally.
“Today, we have our Senators-elect and House of Representatives members-elect. We appreciate the fact that we must continue to work as a family and the Labour Party is a party for the people.
“The very reason why we are here today is to continue to build our party against infiltration and strengthen the relationship between the party and the members of the National Assembly, especially those who were elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate, ” Abure said.
According to him, the LP will continue to build its structure and ensure that all its mandates that were stolen are recovered.
“We will continue to provide quality leadership because our members-elect are men of integrity. They rode on the back of the people and the Labour Party is the party of the people.
“They have the capacity to resist infiltration. We will build on the successes recorded by the party and we will continue to build on this engagement,” Abure said, adding that they have no choice than to continue to provide leadership to the people.
“Today, I can announce to you that we have eight senators and 34 House of Representatives seats. As of today, we do not control the majority but we will watch and see what other parties will do before we take a stand,” Abure said adding that one of their gubernatorial aspirants in Imo State, Humphrey Anumudu who died, the N25 million he paid for the purchase of form will be refunded to his family.