The crises rocking the Labour Party following the defection of the only Governor elected on its platform, Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State appear to have worsened as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have asked the party members not to attend the National Convention planned for October 11, 2014.
The Labour centres, in a joint statement signed by their Presidents, Comrades Bobboi Kaigama (TUC) and Abdulwahed Omar (NLC), admitted that Mimiko’s defection had brought remarkable changes and challenges to the LP, which was formed to develop a true working peoples’ party.
The Labour centres added that the die had now been cast with Mimiko’s defection, which indicates he is no longer a member of the LP.
“Consequently, the proposed convention of the party in Akure, which venue was hitherto chosen in deference to the office of the then only Labour Party Governor is no longer tenable,” the statement read.
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