The Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday commended the Nigerian Police for their “swift response in flushing out the vandals and miscreants who attempted to break into the Labour Party National Secretariat” on Tuesday night.
The party however tasked the Police and other law enforcement agencies to go “beyond the hoodlums already arrested” and “immediately go after all criminal elements who are using the name of the Party to confuse and defraud unsuspecting members of the public.”
According to a statement by Ken Eluma Asogwa, the Senior Special Adviser (Media) to the Interim National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, “the arrested suspects are currently assisting the police with useful information that may lead to the identification of their sponsors.
While we continue to appreciate our supporters nationwide for their vigilance at this time, the Party wishes to inform the general public that, through the timely intervention of the Nigerian Police, normalcy has since been restored at the Party Secretariat.
“The Labour Party also wishes to warn certain members, particularly elements of the former leadership who allegedly attempted to desecrate the Secretariat under the cover of darkness, that the Party will no longer tolerate acts of brigandage from within its ranks.
“The judgment of the Nigerian court is clear and unambiguous regarding the current leadership of the Party. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has implemented this judgment by formally recognising Senator Nenadi Usman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as the National Chairman and National Secretary of the Labour Party, respectively.
“Nigeria is a nation governed by laws, not a banana republic. Those rogue elements within the Party who are bent on creating unnecessary hysteria are hereby advised to desist forthwith from doing so in the name of the Labour Party.
“Furthermore, beyond the hoodlums already arrested, the Labour Party calls on law enforcement authorities to immediately go after all criminal elements who are using the name of the Party to confuse and defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
“These charlatans, who purport to operate under the banner of the Party without proper authority, are hereby warned that the Party will no longer tolerate such criminality from any member, regardless of how highly placed.”
