National secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Kayode Ajulo, said on Sunday, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was attempting to lure his party into a merger.
Ajulo, who spoke in Abuja, said that the APC had been attempting to muzzle his party into a union for some time now, adding that time hadcome to unveil some hidden agenda.
He insisted that the LP was not for sale for the highest bidder, as according to him, the party would continue to open its doors to genuine activists and civil society members.
His claims confirmed a report in the Sunday Tribune of November 16, which indicated that the APC was moving to takeover LP structures.
Ajulo stated that the LP should not be misconstrued as an organ of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), adding that the party belonged to Nigerians.
He stated that in recent past, the NLC had toed a different path from that followed by the LP, as shown in Ekiti State, where leaders of NLC endorsed a candidate of the APC instead of the LP candidate at the governorship election.
Ajulo, while confirming the Sunday Tribune story, said in a telephone conversation that: “We believe the subterfuge as embarked by the APC must be checked. Its extant undertakings are not what a political party should be doing. It is trying to muzzle us and this is unbecoming. It is using the tactics of terror groups to harass us and this must stop.
“Merger should not be under duress, just as bribing party officials and some union leaders is criminal and this is not what a political party should be known for.
“Forceful takeover of another political party is against the extant law which constitutes political party in Nigeria and as such, the APC needs to be proscribed. The party’s finance need to be subject to scrutiny.
“I dare say that the APC is not a political party, but a group of persons using terrorists tactics in their plan to throw Nigeria into chaos and they should be so treated.”
He further said: “As big as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is, it does not muzzle us. The ruling party is not forcing us into a merger. APC is harassing us. It wants to force us into a union. It is moving forcefully to takeover our party. That is wrong.”
Tribune
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