Labour Party Condemns Attacks On Party Members

Press Release December 9, 2022

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The Labour Party of Nigeria has condemned attack on its members across the country, recalling that Mrs Florence Ibrahim the party’s campaign council Woman leader in Kebbi State, had her food vendor business burnt down on the 26th of November 22nd , due to her uncompromising position with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council, Yunusa Tanko has condemned Friday’s 25th November 2022 attack on its members in Kebbi State

Recall that Dr Tanko had on Thursday we cautioned that the speech of power grabbing of APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu in a London restaurant is capable of propelling massive violence in the 2023 general elections.

“It is quite alarming and disheartening that at this point in the political space of Nigeria, some Politicians are yet primitive enough to sponsor attacks on party members

The campaign spokesperson further noted that on December 3, 2022, there are newspaper report titled “Many Injured As Hoodlums Attack Labour Party’s Rally In Lagos,” the incident caused pandemonium in the area as people were seen scampering for safety and running for their lives. Several people were reportedly injured when hoodlums alleges to be sponsored by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) attacked the Labour Party’s rally in the Lakowe town area of Lekki, Lagos State.

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Also on 27th September 2022, there was a report in the media titled “Gunmen attack Enugu Labour Party meeting,” Gunmen suspected to be political thugs have again disrupted a meeting of the Labour Party in Enugu State. The attack, it was gathered, took place on Saturday at Nomeh Primary School in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. That was the third time in less than two months that gunmen would be attacking supporters of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the state.

November 14, 2022, there was another attack reported in the dailies captioned “2023: Many injured as Ebubeagu allegedly attack LP loyalists in Ebonyi,” Many members of the Labour Party, LP, in Ebonyi State have reportedly been injured following an alleged attack on the party’s loyalists at a rally by gunmen in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area, LGA, of Ebonyi State. The gunmen, LP alleged, were members of Ebonyi Command of the Southeast Security Outfit code-named Ebubeagu. The gunmen, according to the LP House of Assembly candidate for Ohaozara East Constituency, David Ogbonna, shot at the party faithful and inflicted varying degrees of injuries on them.

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October 10, 2022, “Gunmen attack Labour Party members again in Enugu, set motorcycles, cars ablaze,” was also reported. Labour Party members came under attack again on Sunday in Enugu State. The latest incident, which occurred at Umuida, Enugu-Ezike, in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the State makes it four such attacks within the past few months. The party has been attacked in Aninri, Awgu, Oji River and now Igbo-Eze North.

Also, on November 29, 2022, “Gunmen kill Labour Party women leader in Kaduna,” Gunmen killed the women leader of the Labour Party (LP), Victoria Chintex in Kaura LG of Kaduna State. The publicity secretary of the LP in the southern Kaduna senatorial zone, Edward Buju revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Buju, she died on Monday after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her.

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“It is now obvious that our opponents are not ready for a free and fair elections in 2023 no wonder that the Presidential candidate of the APC Ahmed Bola Tinubu did not sign the peace Accord of former Head of state and chairman lead National Peace Committee of Abdulsalami Abubakar and Bishop Hassan Mathew kukkah on the 29th of September 2022.”

Dr Tanko demanded that security agencies probe the incidents and ensure that the culprits be brought to justice to serve as a deterrent to others who may be nurturing such a sinister agenda in the future.

“It is also important to note that our members and supporters will not fail to defend themselves as this attack continue unabated”, Dr Yunusa Tanko warned.