National publicity secretary of the Labour Party (LP) Obiora Ifoh has said the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and what he described as cohorts, lacked power to sack Barr Julius Abure as Party Chairman.

Ifoh in a statement yesterday said the leadership of the Labour Party has read with dismay the attempt by the NLC to arrogate to itself powers it does not possess.

"It claimed to have sacked the Comrade Julius Abure- led National Working Committee of the Labour Party, after holding an illegal assembly of a handful of aggrieved former members of the party and some social media tigers who are not known to be card carrying members of our party.

"Ordinarily, we would have ignored the illegal act but for the need to set the records straight and to prevent genuine democracy loving Nigerians and supporters of our great party from being misled, we offer a few clarifications.

"The Political Commission of the NLC is a front for Comrade Joe Ajaero which he has empowered for the purpose of his political ambition come 2027.

The group is unknown to the Labour Party as such lacks powers to convene a meeting of "stakeholders" to deliberate let alone take any decision which will have a binding effect on a legally constituted party leadership.

"The group has been mandated by Ajaero to ensure that the crisis in the Labour Party festers ahead of 2027 by presenting itself as a rallying ground for dissident former members of our party who recently lost the leadership battle in the courts. We are also not unmindful of the political pact the leadership of the NLC has gone into with the current All Progressives Congress - led Federal Government to destabilise the opposition," Ifoh said.