The Labour Veterans and Trade Unionists’ Assembly has called for a thorough forensic examination and investigation into the finances of the Labour Party under the leadership of Julius Abure.

The group described what was going on in the Labour Party under the watch of power-drunk chairman, Julius Abure as a rape on democracy.

The group said this while addressing journalists in Lagos State on Friday.

Speaking on behalf of the group, Comrade Isah Tijjani, a former Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress and a former presidential aspirant in LP, also knocked Abure for making unilateral decisions and flouting the constitution of the Labour Party.

Comrade Tijani said, “On top of this disconcerting labour leadership ineptitude, our Assembly of Labour Veterans and Trade Unionists, is pained to admit that, what is going on in the Labour Party under the watch of power drunk Barrister Julius Abure, is a rape on democracy.

“In his desperate attempts to cling to power at all cost, he egregiously stepped on the big toes of all prominent party and political stakeholders; the chairman failed to hold or adhere strictly to wider consultations with varying interest groups in the party; the embattled Barrister also offended the provisions of the party’s constitution and grossly violated the rulings of the Consent Judgement, which ordered the contending parties to hold an expansive and all-inclusive national convention of the party.

“Desperate people anywhere are a real threat to human decency wherever. Hence, the desperation of Julius Abure had seen him, concocted all manner of surreal stories with the sole aim of attracting support and sympathy to his deserted side.”

Comrade Tijani also condemned Abure for organising what was described as “INEC boycotted and poorly organised national convention”.

He added that while the convention is null and void, the finances of the party must be thoroughly probed.

“Abure and his gang of supporters regrouped in Nnewi, Anambra State, where they sang party songs melodiously and crowned the rhapsody with the report of his return to office by a unanimous acclamation of the well deserted, INEC boycotted and poorly organised national convention.

“Bewildered party members and supporters were seriously about to recover from this Alice in the wonderland, when suddenly the strange news of assassination attempt on Julius Abure and the fire that engulfed his family’s Abuja residence gained currency in the nation’s media. We are  sincerely sorry and saddened by this unfortunate development and hereby join all his well wishers in prayer for his speedy recovery and that of the affected members of his family.

“Beyond this humane angle of looking at any personal tragedy, our Assembly shall remain ever resolute in demanding that thorough forensic examination and investigation of the party’s finances must be instituted without any further delay.

“We shall also here reiterate the position of the Assembly, that, the Nnewi Kangaroo convention is null, void and of no effect whatsoever, as the tenures of the chairman and that of the National Working Committee (NWC) have since elapsed,” the former NLC Vice President said.