Ogboru resigns from Labour Party

ASABA —DELTA State governorship candidate
of Labour Party, LP, in the 2015 election,
Chief Great Ogboru, yesterday, resigned his
membership of the party, saying he was
leaving with all those that came with him
from the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, and
others of like mind.
Vanguard gathered that the resignation was
not unconnected with his purported desire to
move to All Progressives Congress, APC and
in fulfilment of the agreement he entered
into with the leadership of LP in the state
and at the national level to the extent that
should he win the election, members of LP
and DPP would form the government with
him and should he fail, the party would revert
to status quo.
Ogboru, in the letter of resignation dated April
26, 2016, addressed to the chairman of LP in
the state, Emeka Nkwoala, said he was
moving out and joining the APC “to provide a
strong, formidable, reliable and credible
alternative to leadership in our state, and by
extension good governance.
“This, of course, is part of our agreement
when we moved enmass to the LP. I have
also written to you as chairman because this
was our understanding with you then, that
we shall revert to you, chairman, in the event
of our mass exodus to a new party.”
Vanguard had reported that the LP and
Accord Party were concluding plans to fuse
into the APC in Delta State with Sir Richard
Odibo leading the LP and Mr. Alfred Oloko
leading the APC in the merger talks.