The Nationwide Chairman of Labour Celebration, Julius Abure, has denied allegations of corruption levelled in opposition to him by the occasion’s suspended Nationwide Treasurer, Oluchi Oparah, saying she ought to produce concrete proof to again up her declare.
Abure made the rebuttal when he featured on Come up Information as a visitor on Thursday morning.
Oparah had, at a press convention on Monday, requested Abure to account for N3.5bn mentioned to have been raised from the sale of nomination kinds and fundraising actions within the construct as much as the 2023 normal election.
The LP, who got here to the tv studio with paperwork and copies of cheques allegedly signed by the treasurer, mentioned the corruption allegations in opposition to him have been orchestrated to dent his picture.
He mentioned, “I’ve by no means stopped Oluchi Oparah from finishing up her duties together with receiving cash and signing of cheques. The digital fee funds meant for the occasion are robotically transferred.
“Complete abstract of the cash that entered into the occasion was N1.3 billion. We additionally acquired N800m for the marketing campaign. I wish to problem her to make the data out there the place she acquired the sum of N3.5 billion.”
The chairman was, nonetheless, quiet on the allegation made by the nationwide treasurer that she doesn’t obtain financial institution alerts anytime cash is coming or leaving LP accounts.
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