The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is working on a plot to infiltrate and hijack its structures ahead of its forthcoming congresses.
Speaking to Vanguard, the party’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Tony Akeni, stated that intelligence reaching the LP headquarters from across the federation indicated that the APC was positioning moles within the party to compromise its congresses at the ward, local government, state, zonal, and national levels.
“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,” Akeni claimed.
He alleged that should the infiltration fail, the APC would still seek to secure a seat within LP’s leadership, continuing 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 raised concerns over the neutrality of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing it of leaning towards the ruling party. He pointed to recent by-elections in 16 states and the ongoing voter registration exercise as evidence of manipulation.
“Our nation cannot afford to have a repeat of the era where the American boxer Mike Tyson, the late pop star, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie appear on our voters register,” he warned, urging Nigerians to remain vigilant.
He further expressed fears about the credibility of INEC after the expiration of the current chairman’s tenure later this year.
“We can only pray that whosoever is coming into office after the tenure of the current INEC boss expires in November or December is not going to throw the confidence of Nigerians down the drain,” Akeni said.
Leave a Reply