Rivers LP: Dokubo assures party still intact

<p>The Labour Party in Rivers State has assured members of the public that the party is still intact.</p>, <p>This is coming after a Rivers State High Court struck out a suit by the suspended state chairman of the party, Dienye Pepple.</p>, <p>The former Chairman had prayed the court to determine if the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure has the sole right to suspend the state executives and appoint a steering committee following his alleged anti-party activities in the state.</p>, <p>Dienye, who heads another faction of the Labour Party in the state insists that he is still the chairman of the party, claiming that factional Acting National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa, had given him a letter to continue piloting the affairs of the party in the state, until their convention.</p>, <p>This has, however, quietened the activities of the Labour Party in the state since after the elections.</p>, <p>But, the newly appointed state chairman, after Pepple’s suspension, Hilda Dokubo, who spoke in her first activity as a leader of the party in the state, said the party has been quiet because people needed to recover from the outcome of the elections.</p>, <p>“You know, right after the elections and all the things that happened. Few people needed time to recover.</p>, <p>“We also had a situation. Before the election, the exco at the time, outside of the fact that their tenure had expired, also got themselves into anti-party activities.</p>, <p>“But they didn’t want to leave, they wanted to eat their cake and bake it, because this is not having it. You’re done eating and you think your food is in the oven.</p>, <p>“So, they took us to court and to the glory of God, and to truth, we are here. The court ruled and said the party is supreme. The person the party said is their chairman, is their chairman.</p>, <p>“So, this is Hilda Dokubo, and I’m here. This is my first real activity as the chairman. And this meeting is necessitated by the fact that I want to reassure people that the party is intact. Nothing has gone wrong, nothing