Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on warring Labour Party (LP) factions to sheathe their sword and work for common good as a third force in the current political dispensation.
In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Willy Ezugwu, the group warned: “If LP leaders allow external forces to control internal affairs, the party will be the loser, especially with its new found love with majority of the Nigerian youth population.”
It continued: “Every political party at one time or the other gets enmeshed in leadership crisis due to conflict of interest. However, it is the responsibility of the fathers of the party to rise to the occasion and ensure that the fortunes of the party is not adversely affected
“The overall interests of a political party must be paramount at all times, as power can only be shared when it is taken.
“In the buildup to the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had a taste of such internal crisis, which eventually affected its outing in the last general elections very negatively.
“In the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the party is currently entangled in its own clash of interests over what some persons see as arbitrary micro-zoning of elective positions in the 10th National Assembly.
“It is, therefore, incumbent on a political party’s fathers to weigh options and rise to the responsibility of cushioning the impact of whatever internal conflict that may arise without allowing external influences to drive its affairs.
“Obviously, the Labour Party went into the 2023 general elections without deliberately healing its internal grievances, which initially led to the setting up of a Security, Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee.”
