• Says party is not for sale
NATIONAL secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Kayode Ajulo, said on Sunday, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was attempting to lure his party into a merger.
Ajulo, who spoke in Abuja, said that the APC had been attempting to muzzle his party into a union for some time now, adding that time hadcome to unveil some hidden agenda.
He insisted that the LP was not for sale for the highest bidder, as according to him, the party would continue to open its doors to genuine activists and civil society members.
His claims confirmed a report in the Sunday Tribune of November 16, which indicated that the APC was moving to takeover LP structures.
FOLLOWING the exit of Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, from the Labour Party (LP), the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is said to be moving for a takeover of the LP Platform ahead of the 2015 election.
Sources close to the party told Sunday Tribune in Abuja that plans were underway by leaders of the APC to take over the LP and utilise it as an ally in the 2015 election.
It was gathered that the APC saw MImiko’s exit as a huge opportunity, since the development could afford it the opportunity to coordinate workers by taking control of the LP structure.
Meetings of some strategists, said to have been held sometime last week and on Thursday, 13 November, had concluded on the development, it was learnt at the weekend.
“Plans are underway by top political figures in the APC to enhance the political profile of the party and ensure a complete takeover of the LP, by galvanising the structures of LP nationwide.
Crisis over tenure elongation is brewing in Labour Party, over alleged plans by the party Chairman, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, to seek a straight third term in office.
Stakeholders, including the Nigeria Labour Congress, NCL, have meanwhile expressed concern over the public perception of the Labour Party as a party without political ideology, which now offers itself as a platform to politicians of all sorts under the leadership of Nwanyanwu.
Nwanyanwu was first elected chairman of the party in 2004. Under his leadership, the party has maintained control of one state, Ondo and made little political incursions in Anambra, Enugu and Plateau States.
