‘Rivers Labour Celebration did not droop me, I am nonetheless chairman’

Hilda Dokubo, chairperson of the Labour Celebration (LP) in Rivers State, has denied rumours of her suspension from the get together.

On Thursday, experiences emerged that Mrs Dokubo was suspended as a celebration member in her ward, Asari Toru Native Authorities Space of the state.

The suspension supposedly adopted an emergency assembly of the get together’s ward government committee on 15 July, which LGA executives then ratified on 18 July.

The alleged causes for her suspension included monetary misconduct, abuse of workplace and get together laws violations.

Nonetheless, the actress-cum-politician refuted the claims in a video shared on her Instagram web page Saturday, noting that she stays the get together’s chairperson.

She stated: “In the present day I went viral. I used to be on each weblog and information web site, and it’s very embarrassing that what you’d suppose is a media that will do some investigation earlier than publication forgot the ethics of their occupation. Possibly due to cash or not, however I’m hoping that this explicit broadcast, the identical manner they have been fast to broadcast, will carry this in all their blogs to set the file straight. I used to be by no means suspended, and all people in that publication is a non-Labour Celebration member as a result of the get together has a register, and we all know all our members, particularly in Asari Toru, a small neighborhood.

“So these are all PDP boys finishing up the directions of their grasp. Ordinarily, I’d have let it go, however as a result of the web by no means forgets, I need to put my a part of the story on the market in order that you realize that at no time was I suspended; at no time did I’ve any delays in anyway with cash. We would not have cash. I’m chairman of the Labour Celebration, River State, not Monetary Secretary or Treasurer. I’m not even an government of Ward 3. I’m the Labour Celebration chairman, River State. So I believe they missed the purpose on the market.”

Allegations refuted

Mrs Dokubo, 54, was appointed because the state get together’s chairperson in March 2023. She denied the allegations and added that her 30-year profession in Nollywood and ten years with worldwide organisations had been scandal-free.

“Not sooner or later was it talked about that I took something. There isn’t a blemish as a result of my work is grounded in integrity and honour, and so they examine these features earlier than providing any job. So, you realize, after they say you enterprise into politics, you enter murky waters. I believe President Goodluck Jonathan as soon as stated that while you attempt to cease corruption, corruption will push again.

“That is corruption pushing again, which is why I’m doing this broadcast—as a result of this will likely simply be one in all a number of that may come. So, let me handle my buddies, my supporters, and lovers of the Labour Celebration. We now have work to do. We’re revalidating memberships, registering new members, and strengthening our wards. So please keep targeted and don’t get distracted”, she stated.

Bribes

The Particular Adviser on Youth Affairs to the previous Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, claimed that the allegations stem from her refusal to be swayed by bribes.

The College of Port Harcourt alumna reiterated that the allegations gained’t halt the Labour Celebration’s progress or trigger its downfall. She stated her focus stays on saving the state from these threatening it.

“You recognize after they attempt to coax you, and also you refuse to be coaxed, then they threaten you, and also you refuse to be threatened, they’re most positively going to search for a approach to attempt to harm you. Now, the unhappy half is that each one the individuals who carried all of the publications forgot to hold an important one. That’s why we’re on this state of affairs: I took to court docket the 27 individuals who defected from PDP to APC. We’re in court docket with them, and so they have tried to do all the things, and I’ve stated, ‘Let justice prevail.’ So, that is everybody attempting to combat again.

“Now, I acquired appointed in March, and the individuals who served earlier than I used to be appointed, relieved of their duties and placed on indefinite suspension for anti-party actions, took myself and the opposite government members to court docket twice. We gained our case each occasions. So, I don’t even know why they didn’t publish that. We gained our case twice, however they disappeared till the Rivers State Impartial Electoral Fee (RSIEC) invited political get together leaders to a gathering to tell us in regards to the upcoming native authorities elections, and we collected our types of intent letters and curiosity letters. And these similar people who have been attempting to do what they’re superb at returned to RSIEC and have been turned away,” stated Mrs Dokubo.

Mrs Dokubo, who made her appearing debut in ‘Evil Ardour’, reiterated her sturdy opposition to any try “to merchandise the general public’s mandate within the state.”

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Asari-Toru LP

Moreover, the Asari-Toru LGA chapter of the get together debunked the purported suspension of Mrs Dokubo as a celebration member within the ward.

On Friday, Horsfall Mac-Jay, the Chairman of the get together Caretaker Committee within the LGA, acknowledged that Mrs Dokubo stays a member and the get together’s chairman within the state.

Mr Mac-Jay urged the general public to ignore the suspension of the actress, stating that it was the handiwork of some phantom parts unknown to the get together.