The National Youth
Leader of Labour Party (LP), Anselm Eragbe, has been suspended for opening an online
donation website not sanctioned by the National Working Committee of the party.
Eragbe’s suspension was
contained in a letter dated Thursday, October 20, 2022, and signed by the
National Secretary of the party, Umar Ibrahim.
According to the letter,
Eragbe is to serve a six-month suspension over allegations bordering on
forgery, the opening of an illegal donation website and acts of insubordination.
It is, however, unclear
if the youth leader will return to his position at the expiration of the
suspension term.
The letter reads, “You
may wish to recall that on the 14th of October, 2022. The National Working
Committee of the party met and has among other matters deliberated on the
allegations of misconduct labelled against you as the National Youth Leader of
the Labour Party. A disciplinary committee was constituted to look into your
matter and report to the National Chairman.
“Consequently, the
committee has submitted its reports to the National Chairman with its
recommendations in accordance with the party’s constitution as Amended (2019).
“In compliance with the party’s constitution,
as Amended, (2019) and the committee’s recommendations, you are hereby
suspended from your duties as the National Youth Leader of the Labour Party for
a period of 6 (six) months, with effect from 18th October 2022. The relevant
organs of the party will within the period, meet to ratify the full
recommendations of the disciplinary committee.
“You are advised to
surrender all party’s documents and materials in your possession to the
undersigned,” it added.
Clarifying further, the
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi said Eragbe forged
the signature of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to execute some
unofficial tasks and launched the phoney donation site.
“As requested, some of
the offences of the suspended National Youth Leader include: Forging the
signature of the National Chairman and National Secretary with which he carried
out unofficial assignments,” Arabambi said in a separate statement.
“He issued certificates
to groups unknown to the leadership of the party without the approval of the
National Working Committee or the National Chairman.
“He launched a fund
mobilisation website to receive funds without the approval of the National
Working Committee or the National Chairman and he wrote several letters to some
individuals without the approval of the National Working Committee or the
National Chairman,” Arabambi said.
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