By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has claimed that the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been indicted by a police report.
Wabba, who stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, added that Abure was hiding from the police to evade prosecution.
Recall that the crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) worsened on Wednesday, 20 March, 2024 as members of NLC picketed the national headquarters of the party in Abuja.
The former labour boss in the interview said the report indicting Abure was submitted to him even before he left office.
“Police have done a full investigation. He (Abure) has been indicted. There is a full report and it was forwarded to me even before I left office. We have asked police to prosecute him. We know he has been hiding from the police.
“The basic fact is that it has been established that there is a fraudulent act within the Labour Party. Police have carried out an in-depth investigation. He has been indicted. The report has been forwarded to me and I handed it to the colleague, who took over from me.
“There is a delay because the report is with the police. The power to prosecute is in the police. I think the process is ongoing. I read about a blackmail that the police trying to politicize the issue.
“But the fact is that there was a committee and it has been established. We allow the police to do their work,” Wabba said.
