Labour Party Speaks On Abure Working For APC

The Labour Party (LP) has strongly rejected allegations made by the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission (NLC-PC), which accused the leadership of Julius Abure of prioritizing the interests of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement released on Friday, the LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, articulated the party’s stance, asserting that such claims are unfounded and misrepresentative of the party’s true objectives.

Ifoh said, “Recently, after the landmark court judgment affirming the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party, some persons, including a former nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, and the acting chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, have tried to push the narrative that the Labour Party, under the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure, is working for the APC, and that is why the LP has been winning all its court cases.”

The LP spokesperson described such narratives as misleading and mischievous and a calculated attempt to continue to distract and derail, as well as give the party leadership a bad name in order to hang it.

Ifoh said, “I must state clearly that the LP has been and is still critical of APC more than NLC. We put it on records that the NLC, in all its ramifications, has failed the Nigerian workers.

“Today, Nigerian workers are oppressed, the economy is not working, there are unfair practices against workers, and nobody speaks for the oppressed workers in Nigeria, except the current leadership of the party.

“If there is any leadership of the party from inception that has been very critical of the government, it is the Abure leadership of Labour Party.

“For the first time, the leadership of the party under Barrister Julius Abure has been able to record unprecedented achievements.

“Today, we can boast that the Labour Party won a majority of votes in the 2023 presidential election and produced a governor, 8 senators, 35 House of Representatives members, and several other members of the House of Assembly across the country.

“From the 2023 general election till now, Labour Party has been a very vibrant and strong opposition party to this present government.

“If there is any opposition party that has been very critical of this government, it is the Barrister Julius Abure-led opposition Labour Party.

“For any person to say that that leadership is working for APC-led government, it can only be mischief carried too far and a calculated attempt to distract the leadership of the party.

“If there is any organisation that is working for the current government in power, we can assume without hesitation that it is the Nigeria Labour Congress.”