The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will resist any attempt to hijack or sabotage the Labour Party.
The NLC president, Joe Ajaero, said this while addressing journalists during a solidarity visit to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
“For anybody, or group of people, to think that they will sabotage or derail our ideological movement, we will resist any attempt to sabotage the party with everything within our powers,” he said.
The Federal Capital Territory High Court had ordered Julius Abure to stop parading himself as the party’s national chairman.
Also, the court ordered that the party’s national vice-chairman, Lamidi Apapa, take over the party in an acting capacity.
In a twist, the Edo High Court also gave an order restraining anybody or any group from removing the embattled party chairman from office.
“Today, we say enough is enough! Never again will any human being enter here, under any guise, under any order. Even if we lose our leadership, we have to meet as trustees of this LP to decide the next line of action,” stated Mr Ajaero. “For anybody to illegally declare himself either as chairman, secretary or whatever, we urge all workers in the country to arrest such impostors.”
The NLC president added, “We have come to take our party. As the fastest growing party, you can see that envy and jealousy are creeping in.”
While describing the party as a child of circumstances formed when all confidence was lost in the existing political parties, Mr Ajaero said, “Nobody can come from the blues and declare himself as the chairman or secretary of our party without our consent.”
Responding, the suspended national chairman of the party said he was not opposed to peace.
Mr Abure said no amount of intimidation or deceit would stop him from pursuing and reclaiming the party’s mandate at the presidential poll.
“No amount of falsehoods or falsified stories will derail us from our pursuit. We refuse to be distracted. We will continue to pursue the course of reclaiming our mandate in the court,” stated Mr Abure. “We will remain in court till that mandate is recovered. We will not rest on our oars (sic) until we reposition Nigeria for greatness.”
Mr Abure commended the NLC leadership for the solidarity visit.
(NAN)
