By Perpetua Onuegbu
The Labour Party in Kagarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State, has frowned at attempts to discredit the membership of the Acting National Chairman of the party, Sen.Nenadi Usman.
The Local Government Chairman, Comrade Zephaniah Yohanna Chairman, and his secretary, Hassan Sulaiman made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
They also alerted security agencies, stakeholders and the media of desperate efforts made by some members of the former National Working Committee (NWC) to impose an illegal leadership on the Kagarko chapter of Labour Party.
According to them, it is a calculated attempt to destabilise the party’s progress at the grassroots and national levels.
“Comrade Zephaniah Yohanna remains the constitutionally recognised Chairman of the Labour Party in Kagarko LGA, along with his duly elected executive members.
“Any individual or group parading themselves as alternative party leadership in the LGA are impostors and are acting outside the bounds of the law and party constitution.
“The purported attempt to impose some persons as the Kagarko LGA party executives is a politically motivated charade aimed at sowing confusion and undermining the integrity of our national leadership.
“We therefore urge the peace-loving people of Kagarko LGA and the general public to disregard these fraudulent claims and the agents promoting them.”
Yohanna said the party in Kagarko LGA affirmed its unwavering loyalty to the acting National Chairman, Sen.Usman, and pass a vote of confidence in her capable and transparent leadership.
“Any attempt by external forces to forcibly impose an illegitimate leadership in Kagarko LGA will be strongly resisted through all legal, political, and democratic means available to us.
“We advise media organisations, the general public, and relevant authorities to beware of impersonators and mischief-makers peddling misinformation.
“The general public is hereby advised to note that only communications and statements issued by chairman Zephaniah Yohanna and his executive team should be regarded as the official voice of the LP in Kagarko LGA.
“We therefore urge all loyal party members, stakeholders, and supporters to remain calm, vigilant, and united in defense of the party’s constitution, structures, and democratic values,” he said.
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA