The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has alleged that Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo, both prominent supporters of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, were responsible for managing the campaign funds.
Abure made this statement during a press briefing following the party’s National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja on Monday.
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He addressed rumors about mismanagement of party funds, clarifying that the party had no access to the accounts set up for Obi’s campaign donations. According to Abure, Yesufu and Ighodalo were the signatories to these accounts.
“The party was never involved in the distribution of those resources. Our interest was to see how we could produce a president for the party. How it was done was not our concern. Hence, we gave them free rein. We allowed them to entrust their resources to whomever they wanted. We followed them loyally by allowing them to administer the campaign funds.
“Regarding donations, the party was not involved in collecting any campaign donations; they were channelled to accounts opened for campaign purposes, with Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo as the signatories.
“They were also responsible for payments to polling unit agents. The party did not handle the payments to the agents. We handed over the list to the campaign council and those administering the funds to pay the agents who worked for the presidential election. Consequently, it is mischievous for anyone to accuse me of mismanagement of the party’s funds.”
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