Labour Party has cleared the air that the Nigeria Labour Congress president, Joe Ajaero is not a member of the party.
The spokesman of the party, Obiorah Ifoh, disclosed this while responding to claims by the NLC president and alleged chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, S.O.Z. Ejiofor, stating that both individuals are not members of the party.
Ifoh noted that the party’s National Working Committee, under the leadership of Julius Abure, was not aware of any Board of Trustees of the party.
Recall that the NLC had declared the re-election of Abure invalid and described the party’s national convention that produced him as “illegal.”
In a statement, the head of information at the NLC headquarters, Benson Upah, the union noted that necessary steps were being taken to ensure that the “illegality” did not stand.
However, the party spokesman described the purported taking over of the party leadership by any BoT as laughable.
Meanwhile, Ifoh said that since Ejiofor stepped down as the first national chairman of the Labour Party over two decades ago, he has neither attended any meetings nor played any noticeable role as a member of the party.
“Only people who understand the rules of the party and play by them, such as carrying party cards and paying membership dues, can have a say on the matters of the party.
” Incidentally, Comrades Ajaero and Ejiofor are not members and will not be allowed to interfere with the internal matters of the party,” Ifoh added
Ifoh hinted that Ejiofor was not even known in his ward and has not paid a single dime as membership dues, which qualifies him as a member, the party added in a statement.
