LABOUR PARTY SUSPENDS EX-LAGOS CHAIR, DISSOLVES STATE STRUCTURES
The Lagos chapter of the Labour Party has suspended former state chairperson Pastor Dayo Ekong and her entire executive committee for six months over alleged anti-party activities and constitutional breaches. The suspension also affects all local government and ward executives appointed under her leadership.
According to a letter issued by the party’s new caretaker chairman, Rotimi Odunaike, and secretary Dorcas Omorodio, Ekong violated party rules by holding two national offices simultaneously—state chairperson and national financial secretary. The leadership described the action as gross misconduct and warned that it endangered the party’s structural integrity.
In a sweeping clean-up move, all appointees under Ekong’s administration were suspended, and a new interim leadership was tasked with restoring order, reinforcing discipline, and preparing the party for future elections. The internal purge follows a string of reported rifts and factionalism that threatened to destabilize the Labour Party’s standing in Lagos, a strategic state for the opposition bloc.
