Murphy Imasuen, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the House of Representatives seat for Orhionmwon/Uhumwode Federal Constituency, has discountenanced himself from his suspension by the state hierarchy of the party.
In a telephone conversation with Popular News, Imasuen said that he was unaware of the suspension and he has not been officially notified by the party that it has taken such an action.
“As I speak with you now I am in Abuja where I came for the Supreme Court judgement on my case(as it relates to the election) which I won. So, I am hearing this for the first time. If I have no details of the purported action it would not be in order for me to react to it,” he enthused.
In taking its action the party said: “The state exco has taken the decision for Murphy’s immediate suspension from our party for his abominable intransigence and outright desecration of our great party’s constitution.
“Apart from hobnobbing with Lamidi Apapa’s faction and other renegade elements in the party, Murphy has set up parallel state exco in the state with the help of his sponsors in Abuja and we’re not going to fold our hands and allow such banal insubordination to take foothold in our party.
“We have laboured to build this party over the last 24 years in the state, the likes of Murphy only saw the need to use the platform to burnish their selfish and primitive ambitions the moment Mr. Peter Obi joined the party.”
Suspension from LP: I have not been briefed, says Imasuen
