The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, has called for the arrest of Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, for “treason.”
He stated that Ajaero planned a political insurrection against the Federal Government through conduct likely to cause a breach of peace with his call on members to invade the 36 state chapters of Labour Party offices, as this can lead to a breakdown of law and order.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the LP National Publicity Secretary, Arabambi, called for Ajaero’s arrest.
In his words, “We are now fully prepared to shed our blood in defence of our party leadership, as all unconventional or illegal means to hijack our party leadership against the rule of law shall be met with force, and this is not a threat.
“We shall defend our party leadership from being taken over by the NLC political terrorists; we are prepared to dislodge the NLC miscreants from the party national secretariat as nobody has the monopoly of violence.
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“For anybody to illegally declare himself either as chairman, secretary or anything, we urge all workers anywhere in the country to arrest them and bring them to us.”
“NLC is a movement which by every standard should remain apolitical. There are thousands and one issues that affect Nigerian workers today, which the NLC has failed woefully to fight for,” he added.
Recalling, the NLC had on Tuesday directed its members to mobilise workers and lay siege to LP secretariats across the country to protest the party’s national convention planned for March 27.
As expected, scores of protesting NLC members forced their way to LP national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, chanting solidarity songs and calling for the head of the party leadership.
However, they were prevented from gaining access to the party secretariat by security operatives posted to the area to maintain order.
