Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Labour Party (LP) has raised alarm over what it described as a plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to hijack its structures.
The party accused the APC of attempting to infiltrate its ranks through scheduled party congresses at the ward, local government, state, zonal, and national levels.
Interim National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Tony Akeni, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Saturday
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He stated, “We have been made aware of the heinous plot by the ruling APC to infiltrate our ranks at all levels to derail our forthcoming congresses.
“In the event that fails, they plan to get a seat on our party’s table to continue from where they stopped after failing to use our former National Chairman, Julius Abure, to distract us from our goal of rebuilding our party.”
Akeni also criticized the conduct of electoral institutions under the current administration, saying, “Nigerians are also aware of what the current administration has turned our institutions such as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into.
“We all witnessed what transpired during the by-elections in 16 out of the 36 states recently and the manipulation of the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise.”
He added, “Our nation cannot afford a repeat of the era where the likes of Mike Tyson, the late pop star Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie appeared on our voters register.
“As a party, we will continue to urge Nigerian voters to be vigilant. Eternal vigilance, as they say, is the price we all must pay to protect our democracy.”
Regarding the leadership of INEC in the future, Akeni emphasized, “The person must be above board, fair-minded, God-fearing, incorruptible, and most of all, must possess all that it takes to tell the truth to power.”
