Labour Party may finally collapse in Lagos State following the appointment of new caretaker committee allegedly aided by the member of the House of Representative for Ojo Federal Constituency, Hon Seyi Sowunmi, without real representation from Igbo people in the State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that members of the Party of the Igbo extraction, who contributed immensely for the success of the Party in the State, are threatening to pull out enmass to join another political party over exclusion from the Party’s key executive positions in the State.
Hon. Seyi Sowunmi allegedly submitted the list of the Lagos State new executive members, which was approved and signed by the embattled factional Chairman and Secretary of Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Esther Namadi and Senator Darlington Nwokocha respectively.
However, the list sighted contained the names of other ethnic groups with few positions for Igbo people mostly in assisting positions, which has triggered the crisis across the 57 Local Councils in the State and yet it was approved by the Acting National leadership.
Those who supported the list said one Mr. Femi Ferguson is an Igbo man, which was outrightly rejected because such a name does not exist in the entire Igbo land.
This was confirmed by Chief John Uche, who is the Deputy Apex Labour Party leader, Lagos State and Special Adviser on political matters to the House of Representatives member, Hon. Okey-Joe Onuachusi.
Chief Uche explained that it was a great shock to Igbo people who had sacrificed a lot for the success of Labour Party in Lagos State.
He stated that it was a ploy to sell Labour Party to another political party in Lagos State during upcoming elections and that the plan was hatched by Hon. Sowunmi, who is now seen as an enemy of Ndigbo in Lagos State.
Chief Uche asked how it is possible that no single Igbo person was deemed fit to belong to the State Executives and yet they are in the majority in Labour Party in the State.
He said that the Igbo stakeholders have already mobilized the apex Igbo organization, Ohanaeze, which he is the founder, the Igbo Speaking Community, Lagos, Market leaders, town unions and others and informed them that Ndigbo have no business being in Labour Party and it will be communicated to Mr. Peter Obi about the development in the State.
The announcement that triggered another crisis in the state:
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
May 5th, 2025.
Appointment of Lagos State Caretaker State Executive Committee of the Labour Party
1. The National Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of our Great Party, the Labour Party (LP), has approved the appointment of the following Members to serve on the Lagos State Caretaker State xecutive Committee to manage and pilot the affairs of the Party in Lagos State. The Members are:
1. Rotimi Odunaike – State Chairman
2. Oloye Adegboyega Adeniji – Deputy State Chairman
3. Comrade Rasheed Bamishe – Deputy State Chairman
4 Barr. (Mrs.) Affiong -Affiong – Deputy State Chairman
5 Barr. Solomon Agbator – Deputy State Chairman
6.Dr. Adefolaseye Adebayo – Deputy State Chairman
7 Opeyemi Oluwaseun – Deputy State Chairman
8 Hon. Dorcas Irhoghama Omorodion -State Secretary
9 Mr. Ese Akpiri Ejotorisheda – Asst. State Secretary
10 Comrade Onafowokan Gbenga – Asst Secretary
11 Adesegbe Ehigiator – State Treasurer
12 Mr. Oladele Egbayelo – Fin. Secretary
13 Mrs. Titi Oworu – Women leader
14. Mrs. Olayemi Aboyewa – Deputy Women Leader
15. Mrs. Ijeoma Okafor – Deputy Women leader
16· Basirat Oworya – Deputy Women leader
17.Justin C Ijeh – Publicity Secretary
18 Femi Ferguson – Organizing Secretary
19. Barr. Femi Kehinde – State Legal Adviser
20. Samuel Ajayi Crowther -Auditor
21. Damilare Akinlere – Youth leader
22. Ebije Elliot Chukwunalu -Asst Youth leader
23. Isiaq Taofeek Kayode – Asst Youth leader
24. Precious Ofulue – Asst Youth leader
RSVP: Femi Ferguson (Organising Secretary) – +234 8037255738
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the National body has ignored the protests and directed the new executives to be Inaugurated on 9th May, 2025, at Auditorium 1, Center For Management Development (CMD), Magodo, off Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos.