Labour Party (LP) has accused leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of joining hands with the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to demarket its anticipatory Presidential Candidate for the 2027 elections, Peter Obi, and undermine the opposition.
Obi, former Anambra State Governor, was LP candidate for the 2023 polls and came third in what the party and several Nigerians contested as a rigged election.
LP’s Directorate on Mobilisation and Integration made the accusation in a statement signed Monday by the Director General, Mr. Marcel Ngogbehei.
The statement came in reaction to one by the NLC National Transition Committee, NTC.
According to the NLC-NTC’s, Julius Abure was no longer the party’s National Chairman.
However, LP stated that Abure remained the authentic Chairman recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the party’s highest decision-making organ.
The statement read: “We are calling on the NLC Transition Committee to stop demarketing our party and our 2027 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
“We maintain that Barrister Julius Abure remains the authentic National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, as confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and our party’s highest decision-making organ.
“We urge the NLC NTC to be responsible enough to respect the reconciliation move initiated by His Excellency Peter Obi or seek legal redress if they have any case. Instead, the NLC 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 have left Nigerian workers poorer. Rather than learning from the Oshiomole years of courageous leadership and engaging the government to protect the interests of Nigerian workers and citizens, the NLC NTC is busy meddling in political party affairs, attempting to demarket the only true opposition party in the country.
“To discerning minds, the NLC NTC is making itself a meddlesome interloper, with no place in law. If they have a case, it’s more responsible to approach the courts than carrying out destructive actions that benefit the current government.”
