The Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday advised its state chairmen not to dare to join the faction led by its suspended Deputy National Chairman (south), Lamidi Apapa, unless they were prepared to lose their positions.

LP Deputy National Chairman, Mrs Ladi Iliya issued the warning at a Conference by the leadership of the Party which included all the state chairmen and the National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja on Wednesday.

She said the Apapa-led group was a set of suspended members who had been paid to cause havoc and distract the party.

According to her, “We are here to address ourselves and tell the nation that the Labour Party is one and we are united. If people that have committed an offence and have been asked to stay aside, went through the disciplinary committee and were found guilty and suspended and then went and formed another group, common sense should tell you that these people are just doing it to distract attention.

“They have been paid to do their bidding and they are doing it and we are following them. We have seen the hotels where some of them are staying, and those hotels they know that they cannot afford them on their own. We know where the so-called acting chairman is staying and it is a shame that after claiming that you were one of those that built this party in 2002, you are part of those again trying to dismantle the party.

“I think it is a shame because, for us, the Labour Party is a big family. If there is anything, there are due processes which we have followed in the party,” he said. (Daily Sun)