The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday invaded the secretariat of the Labour Party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to protest the party’s national convention planned at the end of March.
The union members led by the acting chairman of the Political Commission of the Congress, Theophilus Ndubuaku, demanded the immediate resignation of Julius Abure as the national chairman of the party on the ground that he was not properly elected as the national chairman of the Labour Party.
The NLC political commission chairman also claimed that the planned convention of the party under the leadership of Abure is an illegal one.
The planned convention which is said to be scheduled to hold at Umuahia, the Abia State capital on March 27, was alleged by the NLC to be aimed at re-electing Abure as the sole administrator of the Labour Party, with concerns of secrecy surrounding the event.
The NLC are demanding the formation of a caretaker transition committee to organise a legitimate and all-inclusive national convention for the party.
The NLC leadership accused Abure of planning to hold a “secret” convention without the input of major stakeholders.
The workers accused Abure of planning to destroy the Labour Party.
However, the Nigeria Police prevented the protesting workers from entering the party Secretariat.
