Fresh tensions erupted within the Labour Party on Tuesday night after the Julius Abure-led faction announced that it had reclaimed the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, barely 24 hours after the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee took over the facility.
The Abure faction, through its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, made an announcement in a statement issued in Abuja late Tuesday night.
Ifoh confirmed that the party’s national headquarters, which was ‘forcefully’ invaded in the early hours of Tuesday, has been reclaimed.
The spokesman also sent photographs showing the banners and billboards carrying the image of the National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, being taken down.
“The Julius Abure-led leadership of the Labour Party has recovered the party’s national secretariat illegally occupied by the Abia state government and Nenadi Usman’s group earlier today,” the statement read.
However, the Abure faction claimed it had since regained control of the premises after determining that the takeover was illegal.
“However, the leadership of the party has since recovered its secretariat after it was discovered that the operation by Nenadi and the deputy governor of Abia state was illegal and unauthorised,” the statement added.
