Julius Abure, Aisha Yesufu,
By Akeem Atoyebi
The Obi-Datti fundraising team has debunked Monday’s claim by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, that only Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo, were responsible for the management of the campaign funds of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the 2023 election.
Recall that Abure had on Monday told journalists in Abuja after a meeting of the National Executive Council that there was no atom of truth in the allegation that he embezzled the party’s campaign donations.
The embattled national chairman stressed that there was no way he could have accessed any fund since he was not involved directly in the management of the presidential flag candidate.
He said, “ The party and I have been accused of being responsible for Peter Obi’s failure in the 2023 general election. They stated that the campaign, election donations and funds for the payment of agents were mismanaged by the party hence Peter Obi failed in the election.
“The election funding was done by Obi himself. As per the donations, the party was not involved. The signatories to these accounts were Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo. They were equally responsible for the payment of Polling Unit Agents.
“Consequently, it is mischievous for any person to accuse me and the party of mismanagement of these funds. At no time did the Party or its officials engage in any financial transactions as it relates to the presidential campaign.”
Reacting in a viral video posted on her official YouTube account on Tuesday, Yesufu, who doubled as the chairman of the campaign fundraising team, described Abure as a liar.
