By Abiola Olawale
Following the decision of the stakeholders of the Nigeria Labour Congress to hold a meeting on the fate of Barrister Julius Abure, the Labour Party (LP) has described the proposed meeting as “a jamboree by drama boys.”
The party declared that the proposed meeting could not hold any water and should be disregarded by genuine labour members.
The New Diplomat gathered that the NLC is set to hold a meeting in Abuja on Monday. The union during the meeting is believed to be planning to constitute a caretaker committee to take over the control of the opposition party.
“Invitations have been sent out to all relevant stakeholders and members of the NLC Political Commission. The meeting will take place tomorrow (Monday) in Abuja.
“That meeting may seal the fate of Abure as arrangements have been concluded to set up a caretaker committee to take over the leadership of the party,” a source told the members of the press.
However, the Labour Party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said it sighted an invitation letter in some sections of the media which was purportedly written by some members of the NLC.
Ifoh further declared that the NLC does not have any proprietary or right over the Labour Party and therefore cannot continue to lay claim to its ownership.
“This meeting being organised by some drama boys and attention-seeking personalities in the NLC is illegal as we have not authorised it, and it is not supported by any law in the land and therefore its outcome, a nullity. We are therefore calling on all genuine members of the party to disregard and shun the meeting,” the Labour Party said in the statement.
It added that just a few days ago, the Federal Government raised the electricity tariff to about 300 per cent and the NLC has neither responded to it nor called out its members to protest the increment but was quick to convene “an unlawful meeting of disgruntled members who are not even party members.”
The Labour Party then called on security agencies to abort the gathering which it noted may likely degenerate into a public nuisance.
“We are calling on the law enforcement agencies to rise to the occasion and abort this gathering which may likely degenerate to public nuisance,” the statement noted.
