- By Kamil Opeyemi
The Labour Party on Wednesday said it will consider a legal action against the Nigerian Labour Congress over the invasion of its national secretariat in Abuja.
Saying the actions of those who broke into its office is unlawful, the Labour Party in a statement by National Publicity Secretary, Obiorah Ifoh, accused NLC leaders of destroying properties at the secretariat which he said is unacceptable.
He said the invasion of the office is also criminal in nature.
The statement reads: “Ajaero’s continuous claim that NLC owns the Labour Party is not in any way supported by either the Electoral Act or the Constitution. For his information, a political party is owned by those who are card-carrying or financial members of the party. We are aware that more than 90 percent of the members of the NLC have not met this condition and therefore, cannot claim to be the owners of the party. The constitution also provides that no organisation can own any other organisation. The NLC as an organisation can therefore not claim the ownership of the Labour Party.
“Today, Nigeria is witnessing the worst economic strangulation ever in the history of Nigeria. Issues such as poor workers’ wages, high inflation and insecurity with Nigeria turning to a Hobbesian state, yet after a year of his assumption of office, Ajaero has chosen to ignore all these national challenges.
The party accused Ajaero of greed and inordinate ambition.