A CHAFFORD HUNDRED councillor has quit the Labour Party and declared herself a Conservative councillor.
South Chafford councillor Abbie Akinbohun issued a short statement on her Twitter account on Tuesday night. It said: “With great sadness…I like to announce (sic) that I have left The Labour Party..There will be a press release tomorrow”
By Wednesday morning she had changed her Twitter bio from Labour councillor to Conservative councillor and posted a picture of herself with Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle Price.
On Tuesday evening, Thurrock Labour also issued a statement. They said: “Thurrock Labour Group has suspended Councillor Abbie Akinbohun with immediate effect following a complaint about her conduct.
“Thurrock Labour Group will not be commenting further until an investigation has concluded”.
Cllr Akinbohun caused a shock in 2018 when she won the South Chafford ward with a majority of just 38.
Tunde should get his job back,this is disgraceful.people voted labour for a reason.if she wants to quit then have the courage to call a election.
This bed hoping is totally wrong. It seems to me she just wants to secure being on the winning side. If one wants to jump ship it should automatically trigger a by-election at their expense, not the taxpayer, and then they can genuinely be re-elected on merit, if they do of course.
It seems in this instance it is more about keeping the expenses rolling in than political posturing.
Just another untrustworthy Tory, just have to look at the Tory government dictatorship and the amount of lies, scandal, propaganda, resignations, suspensions, prime ministers over the last few years to realise Tories and politics are corrupt can’t trust a Tory!!!