The Nenadi Usman–led Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP) has claimed that the Julius Abure faction vandalised the party’s headquarters on Tuesday night.The Nenadi-led faction, backed by the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Tuesday took over the party’s Secretariat in Abuja.
Federal High Court ruling
The move followed a Federal High Court ruling that recognised Nenadi as the Interim National Chairman of the party.However, the Abure-led faction stormed the facility on Tuesday night and allegedly pulled down Nenadi’s billboard.
Nenadi faction disclosed that development in a post on its official 𝕏 account on Wednesday morning, describing the alleged invasion as a sad development.The post reads, “Former and expelled Julius Abure led hoodlums to vandalise our National HQ and pulled down our billboard. Very sad”.
The Julius Abure-led faction
Meanwhile, the Julius Abure-led faction has accused the Interim National Chairman of the party, Nenadi Usman, Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechuwu Emetu and others of ordering hoodlums to break into the party’s National Secretariat and cart away valuables.The factional National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement, said Usman and her cohorts also barred staff from gaining access to the party’s Secretariat.According to Ifoh, the hoodlum pulled down the party’s billboards and replaced them with those of Senator Nenadi, stressing that they were aided by eight truckloads of policemen.
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Abure faction refused to confront Nenadi
Ifoh added that the Abure faction refused to confront Nenadi and her cohorts to avoid clashes.The statement read, “The Abure-led leadership is dumbfounded by the invasion of its secretariat by Nenadi camp aided by Police in the early hours of Tuesday. Accompanied by the Abia State deputy Governor, Ikechukwu Emetu, Senator Nenadi ordered his hoodlums to break into all the offices, and carted files and other materials alongside.
“When some of our senior officials came to the office in the morning, we were prevented by the Police. We refused to confront them to avoid clashes and confrontations, choosing a peaceful approach.“It is on record that a Federal High Court in FCT gave a judgement which recognized Senator Usman as the Interim Chairman of the Labour Party. However, the party leadership has obtained a Stay of Execution and has since appealed the judgement. It is therefore inappropriate and needless for any group to resort to self-help by illegally breaking into the National Secretariat.
statement calling on the Police
“We are by this statement calling on the Police, Department of State Security, office of the National Security Adviser and other relevant agencies to take note of the unlawful invasion of our party Secretariat. If this anomaly is not checked, it is a pointer that our democracy and its institutions are being threatened.
“We are also calling on our party faithfuls to remain vigilant as the party leadership is doing everything within the law to ensure that justice is not denied the party.”