As compensation for the creation of the party’s National Mobilization website, Anslem Eragbe, a disgruntled suspended National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP), has demanded a N10 million refund from the organization.
In a letter to Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Julius Abure, the LP National Working Committee, and members of the campaign council, Eragbe made this demand.
According to the troubled leader, the funds are intended to be used to pay off a debt incurred for the creation of the Labour Party National Mobilisation website.
According to him:
“I wish to request that only N10m be paid to me to offset initial debt incurred for the development of the Labour Party National Mobilisation website.
“You will recall that Labour Party did not mobilise me as the National Youth Leader of the Labour Party till today for this website development save for the “out-of-pocket” allowance of one million naira (N1,000,000) only as the National Youth Leader of Labour Party for my official activities.
“I hereby attach some evidence of the over N5m receipts of debt owed to online financial platform institutions to the effect of my demand for payment for the website development to enable me to pay off these embarrassing debts.”
In response to Eragbe’s assertion, Umar Farouk, the party’s national secretary, claimed that the suspended young leader is not owed anything.
His said:
“I didn’t see the letter you are talking about because I have not been around for a while. Secondly, I am telling you in my capacity as the National Secretary that there is no contractual agreement between him and the party to my knowledge. I am not aware of it.”
