The Labour Party Directorate on Mobilization and Integration has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) National Transition Committee (NTC) to stop demarketing the party and its 2027 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
This is just as the Directorate maintained that Barrister Julius Abure remains the authentic National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the party’s highest decision-making organ.
The LP Directorate urged the NLC NTC to be responsible enough to respect the reconciliation move initiated by Mr Peter Obi or seek redress if they have any case.
The Directorate was reacting to an unsigned statement purportedly released by the NLC National Transition Committee (NTC) where it allegedly described Abure as the former National Chairman of the Labour Party.
The statement further directed party stakeholders to boycott the planned Congress organised by the Labour Party in Anambra, Imo, Delta and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
But in a statement signed by the Director General of the Labour Party Directorate on Mobilization and Integration, Mr Marcel Ngogbehei, described the statement by the NTC as childish, malicious and misleading; noting that NLC does not have the authority to set up any transition committee for any party in Nigeria.
Ngogbehei said the action is alien in law, and if true, they should test their constitutionality in court.
The Directorate further stated that the NTC has been known for its divisive nature and urged Nigerians and supporters of the Labour Party to ignore their antics and be law-abiding.
Ngogbehei further urged the Labour Party stakeholders not to be distracted by the ill attitude of the NTC and to ensure that they fully attend the upcoming party congresses as announced by the Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC).
The Labour Party also accused the NLC NTC of working with the government to demarket, weaken and prevent opposition parties like the Labour Party from holding the government accountable.
“NTC has become a destructive agent seemingly working for the government to eliminate any perceived opposition structures in the country; the citizens are groaning under government policies that has left the Nigerian Workers more poorer; rather than the current NLC to learn from the Oshiomole years of courageous leadership and engage the Government to protect the interests of Nigerian workers and the citizens at large, they are busy meddling into political party affairs, attempting to demarket the only true opposition party in the country.
“To the discerning minds, the NLC NTC is making itself a meddlesome interloper, and has no place in law, if they do, then it’s more responsible to approach the courts, than carrying out destructive actions that’s beneficial to the current government”, the statement noted.
. TheWitness