PUNCH NEWS
The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to resist any plot to derail the Labour Party, especially now that it is enjoying wide acceptance by Nigerians.
The vow was made on Monday, when the leadership of the labour union stormed the national secretariat of the Labour Party at Utako in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to show solidarity with the embattled National Chairman, Julius Abure, amidst tight security.
The NLC, led by its National President, Joe Ajaero, also promised to fish out those who want to usurp the party’s leadership.
The PUNCH reports that the LP has been enmeshed in a leadership crisis following an Abuja High Court interim injunction restraining Abure from parading himself as the national chairman.
Arising from the FCT court order, the party’s National Vice Chairman (South), Lamido Apapa, assumed the position of the chairman in an acting capacity.
Addressing workers at the LP secretariat, the NLC president said the party was borne out of frustration over the conduct of Nigerian politicians in recent times, stressing that there were laid-down procedures to follow before any change of leadership.
He added that under no circumstances would the labour movement allow anyone to derail the party which they worked hard to recover from impostors…
