The Labour Party (LP) has raised alarm over a proposed illegal and unauthorised meeting by suspended Deputy National Chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa and his group.
The party recalled that this is coming barely two weeks after the Labour Party held its very successful NEC meeting in Asaba, Delta state and attended by virtually all NEC members including 36 state chairmen and Secretaries, all members of the National Working Committee, most of the elected members of the national assembly, leader and presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Peter Obi, party trustees including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) amongst others.
A statement on Sunday by Obiora Ifoh, Acting National Publicity Secretary of LP and made available to SINL Nigeria Online quoted that a memo signed by the former Deputy National Chairman, Apapa, extended invitation to some elected leaders of the party including its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Consequently, Ifoh alerted Nigerians that the proposed NEC meeting scheduled to hold on the 3rd of May in Bauchi is illegal.
The statement stressed that Apapa and his group have no powers to call for NEC, adding that they have been suspended by NEC.
“This illegal gathering has been reported to the Police, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and they have no intention to monitor the shenanigan. INEC in any case does not even know of any other Labour Party as no court in Nigeria has given any judgement on the case” Ifoh said.
According to the party “Article 13:2A of our party constitution is clear on the composition of the Labour Party NEC, and it did not state that expelled and suspended officers of the party shall regroup and convene a NEC of the party. The question is; who are they hoping to attend the NEC, if not their usual customers; touts, market women, street hawkers.and people who are not members of the party.
“It is only mischievous minds that will want to obey the FCT High Court order without also respecting the Edo state High Court order which bars any party agents including these renegades from tampering with the status quo even when they know that both courts are of equal and coordinate jurisdiction” the statement added.
Labour Party therefore called on the hotel management where they are proposing to hold the illegal meeting not to give out their venue for illegal activities for obvious consequences.
