LP Faults INEC Over Executive List, Eyes Victory At Appeal Court

The leadership of the Labour Party has again reiterated that the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, as well as the removal of the names of its executive from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s portal by the commission would not deter its plans to put up a strong show in the 2027 general elections.

The party vowed to ensure that the judgment of the lower court is overturned at the appellate court.

In a statement signed by the party’s national publicity secretary, Obiora Ifoh, it urged Nigerians to rise against the strangulation and monetisation of democracy in the country by a few power-drunk individuals, warning that Nigeria may be heading for the precipice if the inordinate ambitions of some politicians are not checked.

He said, “Some persons who are applauding the impunity by some politicians should retrace and do some introspection because this was how in the past, they applauded injustice in our democracy because they were beneficiaries. At the end of the day, when their enthroned leaders began to abuse power, they started complaining.

“For us in the Labour Party, our faith is strong that the appellate court will do the right thing and therefore we advise our members to remain calm. We will continue with the struggle to take our party from the godfather.

“Labour Party is a party that is based on social democracy where no one man is permitted to appoint everybody. It is against the principles of the party that one man will sit at a place and gather everybody and appoint everybody from the National Working Committee to the state, down to the ward executive.

“That is the impunity of the highest order; this I believe negates the principles of the party. If we say there is no party ideology in Nigeria, this is how it starts.

“We are very sure that it will be quashed on appeal. The celebration of the Abia State governor, Alex Otti, Nenadi Usman and their cohorts on the appearance of their names on the INEC portal will be short-lived.”