By Praise Chinecherem
Labour Party (LP) in Anambra State has flayed Prof Chukwuma Soludo-led government over what it described as illegal, obnoxious and intimidating sealing of its party office.
State Secretary, Okoli Akirika Esq, in a statement on Tuesday said the action was carried out by agents of Government accompanied by men dressed in soldiers’ uniform without any form of engagement with the Party.
According to him, the act is unconnected to the September 28 Local Government elections which he accused the government of attempting to truncate.
He however appealed to party faithful to remain calm and lawful, assuring that the leadership would recourse to due process to contain and checkmate the unprovoked and untrammelled illegality.
The statement reads, “The Anambra State Government has sealed the Labour Party Anambra State Party Office in Awka.
“The action which was carried out NOW was done without notice, warning, nor any form of engagement with the Labour Party.
“The agents of the Anambra State Government accompanied by men dressed in soldiers uniform stormed the Labour Party Anambra State Office and in a maniacal, frenzied and frenetic commando like operation, chased away the staff in the office and sealed the office.
“It is rather unfortunate, bizarre, and brazen that the Anambra State Government, which is fruitlessly seeking to truncate statutorily emplaced procedures to select Local Government Chairmen and councillors in the deviously convoluted LG election, is now mindlessly resorting to underhand, illegal and obnoxious intimidation.
“While appealing to teeming Labour Party members, supporters, sympathisers, stakeholders and Ndi Anambra in general, the State Leadership of our great Labour Party shall, as law abiding Anambrarians shall have recourse to due process to contain and checkmate this unprovoked and untrammelled illegality.”
