Crisis in the Adamawa State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has deepened, with rival factions now openly challenging each other over the leadership of the party.

The crisis, which came to a head on Wednesday, August 5, after reports emerged that the state chairman of the party, Jonah Theman Kalpenge, had been suspended, took another turn on Thursday when executives opposed to the move rejected the suspension.

In the latest development, executives loyal to the chairman described the purported suspension as unconstitutional and of no effect.

At a meeting attended by state and local government executives in Yola, the party leaders insisted that the suspension was “drama and child’s play” and reiterated that the process violated the provisions of the party’s constitution.

The executives resolved to constitute a five-member disciplinary committee to investigate the conduct of members who participated in the “unlawful” meeting that led to the purported suspension.

The committee is chaired by Dauda Peter, with Yahuza Kabiru, Hauwa Musa, Sarah Sunday and Moses Gaji serving as members.

The committee was directed to invite the affected members—Kamalludeen Jibrilla Aliyu, Suleiman Abdulkareem, Andrew Adamu, Abubakar Aliyu and Tufanus Daniel—to appear before it at the party’s state secretariat in Yola on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

The Labour Party, which has outspoken politician Senator Ishaku Abbo as its governorship candidate for the 2027 election, has once again been thrown into internal turmoil. The current crisis mirrors the internal divisions that destabilised the party in the build-up to the 2023 general election.

Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido says he witnessed President Bola Tinubu’s telephone conversation with the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke.

DAILY POST earlier reported that the President held a phone call with the governor, who is also the candidate of the Acord Party in the August 15, 2026 gubernatorial election in the state.

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A Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has faulted the freezing of bank accounts of the Osun State Government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ahead the of the governorship election in the state.

Eze described the development as a dangerous move that is capable of undermining the nations nascent democracy.

In a statement on Thursday, the ADC chieftain said anti-corruption institutions derive their legitimacy from fairness, impartiality and fidelity to the rule of law, noting that once their actions become selective and politically convenient, public confidence is inevitably eroded.

“It is impossible to ignore the glaring double standards that have come to define the operations of the EFCC. Nigerians watched for years as allegations of reckless expenditure, questionable contract awards, and extravagant deployment of Rivers State resources under the administration of former Governor Nyesom Wike dominated public discourse.

“Billions of naira belonging to the people of Rivers State were allegedly dispensed through donations to other states, politically motivated projects, and contracts reportedly awarded at outrageously inflated costs. Yet, the EFCC neither demonstrated the same urgency nor exhibited the zeal it now deploys against perceived political opponents,” he said.

Eze maintained that if the EFCC genuinely seeks to fight corruption, no public official, regardless of political affiliation or proximity to the Federal Government, should enjoy immunity from investigation.

He stressed that selective justice is nothing but injustice disguised as law enforcement, warned that the anti-graft agency risks destroying its institutional credibility if it continues to operate on the basis of political convenience rather than evidence and due process.

He urged the EFCC to immediately reverse any action capable of crippling the legitimate activities of the Osun State Government without due judicial process and to reassure Nigerians through transparent and even-handed enforcement that it remains an independent institution rather than an extension of partisan politics.

He further called on the commission to investigate every allegation of corruption wherever it exists, including those involving politically influential individuals, instead of concentrating its attention only on states governed by perceived opponents of the ruling establishment.

Eze appealed to the people of Osun State to remain peaceful, vigilant and resolute as they prepare for the governorship election. He urged them not to be intimidated by actions that may be perceived as attempts to influence the electoral process through state institutions.

According to him, democracy flourishes only when elections are conducted on a level playing field where the will of the people, and not the machinery of political persecution, determines the outcome.