Toby Okechukwu Denies Being In Labour Party

Delegate Minority Head of the Government House of Representatives Rt Hon Toby Okechukwu had denied being in the Lbour Party yet demands that he stays in the PDP.

Hon Okechukwu in a public statement made accessible to newsmen in Enugu said that he wouldn’t challenge on the foundation of any party and had since made his position clear to the Chairman of the Labour Party.

He lamented the burden his constituents would endure yet swore to keep on help out to them.

The public statement named “I won’t challenge in 2023, I’m still in PDP”, peruses as follows:
“My attention has been drawn to the list of candidates for the 2023 general election released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 20th September 2022 wherein my name was published as the Labour Party Candidate for Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency, Enugu State.

“Meanwhile, my position on this matter had since been conveyed to the National Chairman of the Labour Party in my letter dated 19th July 2022.

“I deeply appreciate and can never take for granted the overwhelming goodwill of my leaders, constituents and their wish for me to be on the ballot in the 2023 general election.

“I very much understand the pains my decision is bound to cause them. However, I believe and wish to reassure them that as a constituent, I will continue to do my best and be of utmost service to them in or out of public office.

“While thanking them for their immense support and love through the years, I am supremely confident that God will remain the ultimate compass in our affairs.”