With the commencement of political campaigns for next year’s national elections, the Labour Party (LP) has called for demilitarisation of the political space by the parties in government at federal and state levels. 

The National Chairman of the party, Comrade Julius Abure, in a statement, said the party is ready for the campaign, but expressed worry at the attacks of the party’s supporters in Enugu, Ebonyi, Katsina and Kaduna States, by supposed state actors. 

He attributed this to fear factor by other political parties as well as the growing popularity of the Labour Party in recent time.

According to him, the 2023 general elections and the campaigns will be about the people. 

He said: “They are the ones that will drive the process. They are the ones already driving it as you can see across the length and breathe of Nigeria. We are only giving direction to it.”

Abure, therefore, called for level playing field for all political parties to hold their activities and participation in the elections, and to ensure that the choice of the people on who represents them at whatever level is respected.