The Transition Committee arrange by the Nigeria Labour Congress to supervise the nationwide and state congresses of the Labour Celebration has described plans by the embattled Nationwide Chairman of the get together, Julius Abure, to carry a separate conference as disobedience to a court docket order.
The transition committee warned members of the get together to not take part within the deliberate congress by Abure.
The Chairman, Sub-committee on Media & Publicity, Tony Akeni, disclosed this in an announcement made out there to The PUNCH on Monday.
The NLC has been pushing to take away Abure because the LP Nationwide Chairman, declaring a conference that returned him because the get together’s chairman as unlawful.
The motion had compelled the NLC Political Fee to void the brand new management and arrange a transition committee, saddled with the duty of partaking stakeholders of the get together to conduct a recent conference in 90 days.
The Transition Committee Chairman, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, had disclosed that following the decision of the stakeholders assembly on Might 8, the NTC would unveil plans for the get together’s nationwide conference.
Reacting to the decision for a recent congress by the Abure’s faction, Akeni mentioned the decision was unlawful and in violation of the constitutional laws of political events in Nigeria.
He mentioned, “Julius Abure and his INEC discredited Nnewi conference in Anambra, Imo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Sokoto, Ondo, Kaduna, Adamawa and different states are acts of broad-day fraud, disobedience to an irrevocable court docket judgment, the Nigeria Electoral Act, the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee and the Nigeria structure which established and regulates the affairs of political events.
“Consequently, the Labour Celebration Nationwide Transition Committee hereby warns members of most people who’ve purchased or intend to purchase Abure’s unlawful congress varieties, shall be doing so at their very own danger and in useless.”
Whereas alleging plans by some political events to strangulate the LP, Akeni famous that the get together wouldn’t hesitate to take motion towards violators and members of the Abure’s congress.
“The well-defined blueprint between the Julius Abure Nnewi junta and their infiltrators from the 2 large events on the street to 2027 is to castrate, emasculate and destroy the Labour Celebration to its basis as Nigeria’s most formidable opposition different, disarm the get together from being Nigerian lots’ final hope and escape from state seize and the captivity of widespread citizens poverty.
“To keep away from dire penalties, the Nationwide Transition Committee of the Labour Celebration hereby calls on Barr. Julius Abure, his Nnewi cupboard, intending congress aspirants and those that assist the playbook of their divisive sponsors towards the progress of our get together by way of Abure’s present expedition of rogue congresses to desist of their curiosity.
“There shall be extreme penalties for violators, organizers and members alike. Due to this fact, don’t take part of their foul play however anticipate the lawful timetable of our get together for state congresses and Nationwide Conference which the Labour Celebration Nationwide Transition Committee shall roll out and announce quickly,” Akeni concluded.