Written By: Jacobs Dunga, Lagos
Former NLC chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomole has been accused of being the kingpin behind the ongoing crisis in the Labour Party.
This claim comes from the national deputy chairman of the party, Comrade Ayo Olorunfemi while speaking to newsmen as revealed by Gistmedia.
The Labour Party has had ongoing internal issues at the leadership level with two factions laying claim to the chairmanship of the party.
Former Edo State Governor, former national chairman of the APC, and former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Adams Oshiomole is one of the ardent politicians in Nigeria.
Comrade Ayo Olorunfemi in his speech unequivocally accused the 71-year-old of sponsoring the crisis presently encountered in the party and said he caused the departure of former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko’s departure.
”This party rose from the ashes when former Governor Mimiko won election twice and used it to better the lots of the people of Ondo State.” He started.
”He left because Adams Oshiomhole will always seek to control the soul of the NLC. At that time, I was not too active in the party, but now, we will not allow Oshiomhole to take over the party.”
He spoke with unwavering doubt as he insisted the imprints of the former governor could be seen on everything that is presently wrong with the party.
”He is not playing it openly, but we can see his hands and his imprimatur everywhere. We can see the roles being played by his people and his numerous supporters since the crisis began.
”The people fomenting this crisis are his boys. We know him, we know what he can do, and we know what he has done in the past.”
”We saw how he frustrated former Governor Mimiko and others out of the party. We told them that it was dangerous to allow Oshimhole to have a field day. We want Mimiko back in our party, and after this war, we will bring him back.
”That was what the party could not do at that time that made Mimiko and others leave the party.”
Labour Party, post-2023 general elections has experienced non-stop crises at different levels with members having to resort to legal intervention over this torrid period.
Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
