Labour Party crisis: Abure faction alleges plot to invade national secretariat

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja

The Julius Abure faction of Labour Party has alerted security operatives of alleged plan by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), National Caretaker Committee (NCC), and the National Transition Committee (NTC) of plans to invade the party’s national secretariat.

The national secretary of the Labour Party, Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim, said this in a statement on Sunday.

Ibrahim claim the invasion is being funded by the Abia state government and one other leader in the party with the aim of carting away sensitive documents and to also vandalise the properties belonging to the party.

Ibrahim said the planned invasion followed recent judgment by the Supreme Court.

But Ibrahim contended that the Supreme Court judgement did not give NLC, National Caretaker Committee or any other body by whatever nomenclature to take over the leadership of the Labour Party.”

“We view this action which is capable of breaching the peace of the Federal Capital Territory as irresponsible and an evidence of desperation on the NLC. The Labour Union which the laws that founded it forbids them from partisan politics has at different occasions in the past mobilized miscreants to desecrate the National Headquarters of the party and vandalised the properties.

“It must be noted that the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on the 5th of April, 2025 is very clear and unambiguous. The judgement simply mandates political parties to always resolve their crisis using internal mechanism, and that the issue of leadership is an internal affairs of the political parties.

“There is no where in the judgement that gave NLC, National Caretaker Committee or any other body by whatever nomenclature to take over the leadership of the Labour Party.”

He added that there is a leadership in place in the Labour Party and Barrister Julius Abure who was validly elected at a convention held in March 2024 remains the national chairman of the Labour Party.
He added that any attempt to forcefully usurp the present leadership will be resisted.

“We are by this statement calling on the attention of the security agencies including the Police, the DSS amongst others to ensure that any activity that is capable of breaching the peace of the FCT must be nipped in the bud and that the masterminds, no matter how high they might be, are apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law,” he said.