The Labour Party has named Nollywood actress Hilda Dokubo as the new acting chairman of the River State chapter of the party, just days before the rescheduled governorship and state assembly elections on March 18.
The appointment of Dokubo followed the tenure expiration and dissolution of the caretaker committee led by Dienye Pepple, according to a statement signed by the national chairman, Julius Abure, on Thursday.
The committee also includes Philip Loveday as secretary and Gogo Wellington as publicity secretary.
Abure also stated that the appointment letter was only valid for one month.
The leadership of the Labour Party, on Tuesday, announced the dissolution of the executive council of its Rivers State branch with immediate effect.
A statement signed by Abure said that the state officials of the party were axed for gross anti-party activities and corruption in the management of the party’s funds.
The dissolution came in the wake of reports that the state chapter of the party had collapsed its structure to endorse the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Sim Fubara.
He further stated that those who were at the helms of affairs in the state, where the presidential mandate of the party’s standard bearer, Peter Obi, was openly stolen should step aside until a full investigation into what happened at the last election was completed.