Labour Party ward congresses kick off across states, records huge success | Read Details
The Labour Party has commenced its congresses across the states with the exception of Abia state, with the election holding across all the electoral wards in Nigeria.
According to the party’s guidelines, the ward Congress holds today Tuesday December 2, while the Local Government Congress will hold Thursday December 4. The State Congress is expected to hold on Saturday December 6 at the party headquarters across the states.
The Abia state Congress was put on hold after a State High Court in Abia restrained the party from going ahead with the Congress in the state pending the determination of charges filed against the state leadership of the party.
Though the party resolved to comply with the order, even though the court lacks the jurisdiction however, the party’s legal department has already taken steps to vacate the order. This will enable Abia state hold its own Congress at a later date.
The supervision teams send by the national leadership to some of the venues have returned positive reports on the progress of the congresses nationwide.
At its NEC meeting held on Friday, November 28 and attended by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the party resolved to reposition the party by ensuring that leaders of the party across board emerge democratically and in line with the electoral law and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Labour Party is therefore calling on Nigerians to embrace the party ahead of the 2027 general election. We are repositioning to improve on our capacity to drive the leadership of this great nation soonest.
However, we are not unmindful of the activities of the fifth columnists planted in the party to create unnecessary friction and to destabilize the unity in the party. While some of them have repented and are being absorbed back into the party, some have nonetheless chosen to stay and continued to play out the script of their paymasters.
We want to inform them that disseminating falsehood all in the name of propaganda, is a serious crime. In the Criminal Code Act, Section 59 makes it a crime to publish false statements, rumors or reports that are likely to cause fear and alarm to the public. This attracts a huge consequence for the peddlers of such fake news.
Publishing a fake news that a court has cancelled the Labour Party Congresses nationwide, while knowing that it was done falsely and for the intent of causing panic amongst Nigerians particularly, Labour Party members is a crime and can attract dire consequences. We therefore warn these merchants of falsehood to desist from such shenanigans or we will have no option but to commit them to prison.
The Julius Abure leadership of the Labour Party is determined to move the party forward by making it attractive for every Nigerian desirous of leadership role to achieve their political ambition. We have therefore taking the painful decision to move on, leaving behind anyone not willing to meet up with the pace.
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Obiora Ifoh
National Publicity Secretary
Labour Party
02/12/2025.
