The Labour Party has appointed Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, as its new acting chairman of the River State chapter.
Julius Abure, the national stated this in a statement on Thursday.
Dokubo’s appointment replaced the caretaker committee led by Dienye Pepple.
Reports held that the leadership of the Labour Party, on Tuesday, announced the dissolution of the executive council of its Rivers State branch with immediate effect.
The dissolution came in the wake of reports that the state chapter of the party had collapsed its structure to endorse the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Sim Fubara.
A statement signed by Abure also revealed that the state officials of the party were axed for gross anti-party activities and corruption in the management of the party’s funds
He further stated that those who were at the helm of affairs in the state, where the presidential mandate of the party’s standard bearer, Peter Obi, was “openly stolen” should step aside until a full investigation into what happened at the last election was completed.
Meanwhile, Abure added that
Dokubo’s appointment letter was for one month.
Other members of the committee include Philip Loveday as secretary and Gogo Wellington as publicity secretary.
This is coming days to the governorship and state assembly elections rescheduled for March 18.
