The Labour Party (LP) has announced that it won’t rescind the decision to hold its contentious national convention on Wednesday as planned.
The development comes few days after the opposition party formally petitioned relevant government institutions requesting an urgent intervention to protect it against further aggression from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
In the four separate letters written to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume; Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi; Ministry of Labour and Employment and Registrar of Trade Unions, Falonipe Amos, the party called for disciplinary action to be taken against the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and other union leaders who spearheaded the alleged vandalisation of its properties.
The ongoing conflict over the control of the party escalated last Wednesday when NLC leadership picketed LP secretariats across the country.
The move was to press home their demand for Abure’s resignation.
Over the weekend, there were reports that the presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi, had been frantically making efforts to broker peace between both camps.
Obi was also said to have advised the party to shift the national convention to a later date until a lasting solutionhas been found.
