NLC Pickets Labour Party Demands Sack Of Abure As National Chairman

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, stormed the national headquarters of the Labour Party (LP) in Abuja, to express their displeasure with current party leadership tussle and the perceived betrayal of the party’s foundational principles.

The Labour Centre called for the resignation of the national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, whom it said has converted the party to personal gain and straying from the party’s ideology which NLC said was established to champion the cause of working class and serve as an advocate for the betterment of Nigerians.

Acting general-secretary of NLC, Comrade Ismail Bello, who led members of the Congress’ political commission to the LP office, asserted their determination to take the party back and restore its original vision.

He accused the national chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure of planning to conduct a secret national convention of the party without the involvement of NLC.