Labour Party Crisis: NLC Distances Itself From State Congresses

Labour Party Crisis: NLC Distances Itself From State Congresses

The Labour Party National Transition Committee (LPNTC), established by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has distanced itself from the planned state congresses announced by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure……… CONTINUE READING

Tony Akani, Chairman of the Media and Publicity Subcommittee, conveyed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

In response, the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, dismissed the LPNTC as an unrecognized entity within the party, urging the public to disregard any statements from it concerning the Labour Party.

Akani’s statement informed the public and Labour Party members nationwide that the ward, local government area, and state congresses purportedly organized by the suspended former acting national chairman, Julius Abure, and his associates in Anambra, Imo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Sokoto, Ondo, Kaduna, Adamawa, and other states are in violation of a standing court judgment.

He further stated that these planned congresses are not supported by the Nigeria Electoral Act, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), or the Nigerian Constitution, which governs the activities of political parties.

Akani recalled that INEC, Labour Party leader Peter Obi, and other informed, law-abiding stakeholders of the party did not attend, participate in, or recognize the Nnewi convention and have consistently dissociated themselves from it.

He emphasized that several stakeholders, including INEC and Peter Obi through his spokesman Yunusa Tanko, had repeatedly disavowed the Nnewi Convention, rendering any actions taken by those claiming to be elected at that event null and void.