The Labour Party (LP) has dissolved the Rivers State executive of the party ahead of the March 11 gubernatorial election in the state.

The LP, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Chairman, Julius Abure, aid the development followed an alleged betrayal of its governorship candidate, Beatrice Itubo, for supporting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state

Abure, while responding to the alleged decision of the Rivers State executive to adopt the PDP governorship candidate, Siminiyi Fubara, described the Deinye Pepple-led executive as betrayers of the good cause of the Labour Party and thus incapable of managing the party in the state.

The statement read: “The National Chairman believes that it’s in the interest of Labour Party and the Obidient movement in Rivers State that those who were at the helm of affairs in Rivers State when our presidential mandate was openly stolen in Rivers State should step aside until full investigation is completed on what happened on that day.

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“The National Chairman has lost confidence in the ability of the compromised State Executive Council led by Mr Deinye Pepple to lead the campaign for the gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections come March 11th.

“He urges all Obidients in Rivers State to disregard every comment made by the disgraced State Chairman of the Labour Party, Deinye Pepple, on the election of March 11th and reiterates the full backing of the Labour Party on the candidacy of Comrade Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party as the next Governor of Rivers State.

“He, therefore, enjoins all Obidients to come out massively on March 11th to vote for Comrade Beatrice Itubo of Labour Party.”

Pepple had earlier issued a statement adopting the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

The Star