From Idu Jude, Abuja
The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party LP, Obiora Ifoh, has dispelled rumours that the party is currently working for the ruling party APC to retain power in 2027.
Ifoh, in a press statement on Friday, stated that the rumour is the handwork of its adversaries and those who want to desperately frustrate the leadership of the Labour Party at all costs.
The National Publicity Secretary, further stated that after the landmark court judgment affirming the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party, some persons including a former Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, and the acting Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Political Commission Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, have tried to push the narrative that the Labour Party under the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure is working for the All Progressives Congress, APC and that is why the Labour Party has been winning all its court cases.
“I must make it clear that this narrative is not only misleading and mischievous but also a calculated attempt to continue to distract, derail, and give the party leadership a bad name to be able to hang it.
“I must state clearly that the Labour Party has been and is still critical of APC more than NLC. We put it on record that the NLC, in all its ramifications, has failed the Nigerian workers”.
Meanwhile, the party has said that the Nigerian workers are still being oppressed, the economy is not working, “there are unfair practices against workers, and nobody speaks for the oppressed workers in Nigeria, except the current leadership of the party.
“If there is any leadership of the party from its inception that has been very critical of the government, it is the Abure leadership of the Labour Party.
“For the first time, the leadership of the party under Barrister Julius Abure has been able to record unprecedented achievements. Today, we can boast that the Labour Party won a majority of votes in the 2023 presidential election, produced a governor, 8 senators, 35 House of Representatives members, and several other members of the House of Assembly across the country. From the 2023 general election till now, the Labour Party has been a very vibrant and strong opposition party to this present government. If there is any opposition party that has been very critical of this government, it is the Barrister Julius Abure-led opposition Labour Party.
“For any person to say that that leadership is working for APC-led government, it can only be mischief carried too far and a calculated attempt to distract the leadership of the party”.