A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has been saddled with the responsibility of repositioning Labour Party in the state.
The National Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, stated this when he received the former governor of the state and some leaders of the party at its national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said the former governor would play a pivotal role in repositioning the party in the state and urged all members of the party to work with him.
Nwanyawu said there were prospects that the LP would produce the governor of the state in 2015.
He said those that orchestrated the purported suspension of the former governor from the party in the state did not have the support of the party at the national level, adding that there were so many people claiming to be officers of the party at various levels that were not known to the national leadership of the party.
He said it would be difficult to say a former governor of the state, who he said had served for eight years, was not important to the party.
He said, ” When we have people like you(Daniel), the devil will want to cause trouble and I must say that the party has come to some reasons and we have arrived at some decisions concerning the party in the state.
“We cannot say someone, who has served for eight years as a governor should just go like that. His alleged suspension is as a result of people who are afraid of his presence in the party.
“Daniel is the leader of the party in Ogun State and we have asked him to use all what he has to ensure we have victory in the state in 2015. ”
Nwanyawu later handed over the party’s identity card to the former governor, asking him to use his wealth of experience to build the party in the state.
Daniel came with some of his supporters like a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, and Secretary to the State in Dnaeil’s first term in office, Alhaji Sarafa Ishola; a former Commissioner for Information in the cabinet, Mr. Sina Kawonise; a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Party of Nigeria, which Daniel formed, Alhaji Gboyega Isiaka, and a few others.
He promised to rebuild the party in the state.
He described the LP as a coalition of many groups from the Peoples Democratic Party, PPN and the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, adding that with the calibre of people in the party, it would be easy to win the governorship election in the state in 2015.
Meanwhile, the party will on Thursday receive a member of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele into its fold.
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