The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that the declares that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is planning to invade the party’s national secretariat.
This is contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Umar Ibrahim.
The LP said it said it has received an intelligence report that the NLC leadership is mobilising its members, hired thugs, and some miscreants in concert with the illegal Nenadi Usman -led national caretaker committee, and the national transition committee to invade the national secretariat of the party.
Ibrahim disclosed that the planned invasion is funded by the Abia State Government and another prominent leader of the party.
“During the invasion, the NLC will attempt an unlawful break and entry into offices at the national headquarters to cart away sensitive documents and also vandalize the properties belonging to the party.
“We view this action, which is capable of breaching the peace of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as irresponsible and evidence of desperation on the NLC.
“The labour union, which the laws that founded it forbid them from partisan politics, has on different occasions in the past, mobilised miscreants to desecrate the national headquarters of the party and vandalise the properties,” the party said.
Referring to the apex court ruling on the leadership crisis rocking the party, Ibrahim said the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on April 5, 2025, is clear and unambiguous.
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“The judgment simply mandates political parties to always resolve their crisis using internal mechanisms, and that the issue of leadership is an internal affair of the political parties.
“There is nowhere in the judgment that gave the NLC, national caretaker committee, or any other body by whatever nomenclature to take over the leadership of the Labour Party
“There is a leadership in place in the Labour Party, and Julius Abure, who was validly elected at a convention held in March 2024, remains the national chairman of the Labour Party.
“Any attempt to forcefully usurp the present leadership will be resisted.
“We are by this statement calling the attention of the security agencies, including the police to ensure that any activity that is capable of breaching the peace of the FCT must be nipped in the bud and that the masterminds, no matter how high they might be, are apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law,” the statement stated.
