Despite the opposition of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Julius Abure has been re-elected as the National Chairman of Labour Party for a second term by a unanimous affirmation of delegates.
Abure was declared the winner during the party’s national convention that held on Wednesday in Nnewi, Anambra State.
The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Mr. Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the party’s national convention that held on Wednesday in Nnewi, Anambra State.
5 people were also arrested at the convention as Labour Party bars Journalists from covering its National Convention
The Labour Party banned Journalists from covering its National Convention holding at Grand Seasons Hotel in Nnewi, Anambra State. There is heavy security presence at the hotel and this is not unconnected with the crisis rocking the political party.
Series of calls and text messages sent to the spokesman of the party, Obiorah Ifoh, urging him to allow journalists with tags access into the venue was rebuffed. Similarly, about five presons who were seen as intruders and hoodlums were also arrested and whisked away by the police to its headquarters in the state for questioning.
The intruders were accused of distributing inciting leaflets critical of the leadership of the party. They were accused of trying to cause a crisis at the ongoing convention. A party source said the intention of the criminal elements and their sponsors was to destabilize the convention.
Recall that the Labour Party has been experiencing crisis following party leadership tussle over who becomes the national chairman of the party, a move many political watchers see as discouraging.