The Taraba State chapter of the Labour Party has dissociated itself from a purported endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Col. Kefas Agbu (retd.), by one Evangelist Philip Munlip on behalf of the party.
The Chairperson of the LP in Taraba, Mrs Esther Gulmu, at a media briefing on Sunday in Jalingo, said Munlip’s action was borne out of mischief with the aim of tarnishing the good image of the party in the state.
It was gathered that Mulip, who contested the governorship ticket of the party against the LP governorship candidate in the state, Senator Joel Ikenya, had, on Wednesday, addressed a press conference where he endorsed the PDP governorship candidate.
Reacting, Gulmu said Munlip was not the party’s governorship candidate and lacked the moral and legal rights to endorse anybody on behalf of the party in the state.
Our governorship candidate is Senator Joel Ikenya and not Evangelist Philip Mulip. We have not endorsed any candidate; we are still in the race.
“The action of Mulip is condemnable and must be disregarded by all. Munlip is desperate and wants to tarnish the good image of our party and her candidates.
“We wish to urge the good people of Taraba State to disregard the purported endorsement and keep the faith and full support for the Labour Party to take over Taraba,” she said.
In his reaction, the governorship candidate of the party in the state, Ikenya, assured the people of the state of development if elected in the governorship poll, just as he called on the people to vote massively for Labour Party for the good of the state.