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LABOUR PARTY IN STAGE 4 CANCER – TONY NWULU
A former Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Imo State, Tony Chinedu Nwulu, has said the leadership crisis in the party may not be ending soon.
The Imo State former member of the House of Representatives tendered his resignation from the Labour Party citing a leadership crisis last week.
In an exclusive interview on Saturday, the former lawmaker who represented Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 2, between 2015-2019, said underhands are fanning the crisis in the party.
Defections Not Out Of Disbelive In Usman’s Caretaker Committee’s Ability
Nwulu said his defection from the Labour Party and that of others was not a result of a lack of confidence in the ability of Nenadi Usman-led Caretaker Committee.
He stated that Mrs. Usman has the capacity but the leadership crisis was already in its extreme stage.
His words: “I wouldn’t say the Nenadi Usman’s committee is not doing the right job. But you see, the problem, Labour Party, I would say, is already in stage 4 cancer. It’s already in a stage 4 cancer, quite frankly.
“Labour Party is already in a stage four cancer, and what Nenadi Usman and the rest, are trying to do, is more like they’re trying to, it’s trying to see how they can remediate the cancer. They’re only trying to see how to remediate the cancer, but it’s far eating deep.
“Nenadi Usman is an amazing woman with sterling leadership, abilities and her team; the entire Caretaker team, they know what they are doing. But it’s more like when you place, like I said, when you place a cancer patients to stage 4 cancer in the hands of the doctor.
“It’s either they are trying new medical breakthroughs on the person to see if it would remediate the spread of the cancer. But then while you’re doing that, you’re also sure that you cannot you cannot predict what will happen the next time.
“So in best instances, the doctors will tell you just prepare, make this. You have x y z or number of days to live, months to live, the case might be. Unless, of course, there is a divine intervention; which I don’t think God is in the interest of divinely intervening in Nigeria politics, at the moment. So it’s not a Nenadi Usman’s leadership problem.
“Then let me also tell you another thing. The situation, we found ourselves when I was in Labour Party is such that…I will give props to the Caretaker because they inherited something that is already decaying.
“They inherited something that is already decaying so much. Damage has been done to the integrity of the party by the people saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that the ideals, the objectives of the party stands. I think that’s just it.”
There Is Underhand In LP’s Crisis, It Started With Abure
The former Imo State LP’s deputy governorship candidate disclosed that the party’s crisis continued to linger because some persons were fanning the embers.
“So it’s like the proverbial hands of hands of Jacob or the voice Esau. So that is what you see happening there. Or when someone is dancing on the road, then there is a drum hidden somewhere in the forest. That is the case of Labour Party. You have the voice of Jacob and the hands of Esua.
“That is what you have there now. So when you see them dancing, celebrating on the road, there’s someone hitting the drum. ,” he said.
According to him, the party’s crisis started with Julius Abure’s executive. He explained that Senator Usman’s committee was an intervention committee.
“This started from the time of Abure. Not now. This started from the time of Abure. Like I said, Nenadi Usman is an interventionist committee. They are there to intervene. They are there to remediate. They are there to stop the… But you see, this has gone through several layers,” he stated.
Do You Have APC As an Option?
Honourable Nwulu said though he has not made up his mind on the party to enter, he was in talks with parties, including the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Well, at the moment, I really cannot categorically rule out any, I can’t rule out any. We’re talking. We’re up. We’re talking.
“We’re discussing. We are talking at the moment. So whichever one, it is in the in the coming days we would know. I’ll make that known,” he stated.
