Oluchi Opara, the treasurer of the Labour Party (LP), has been suspended by the party.

Her suspension came two days after she publicly accused Julius Abure, the chairman of the party, of diverting the party’s funds to the tune of N3.5 billion.

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“We see this as an affront to the party leadership and millions of our members who are watching on how their party’s image which they have laboured hard to build is trolled by one ingrate. The disciplinary committee has however recommended to the National Executive Council of the party through the National Working Committee that Ms Oluchi Opara be suspended from the Labour Party for a minimum of 6 months. This suspension is with immediate effect,” a press statement signed by Obiora Ifoh, the party’s national publicity secretary, on Wednesday read in part.

The party alleged that it had pleaded with Oparah not to disrupt the party, “but her insistence of a brand new car, a duplex in the highbrow area in Abuja and a huge sum as her price eventually truncated whatever pacification efforts.”

Following her failure to appear before a disciplinary panel on February 14, the party resolved to suspend her, according to the statement.