Leadership crisis: Heavy security as Nenadi Usman takes over LP secretariat

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There was a heavy security presence on Tuesday at the national secretariat of the Labour Party in Abuja as the acting National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, took over the headquarters from the Julius Abure-led faction.

Usman confirmed the development in a phone interview through her Senior Special Adviser on Media, Ken Asogwa.

When our correspondent visited the party’s national secretariat in Utako, Abuja, gun-toting and stern-looking policemen were stationed within and around the premises.

All Labour Party banners and giant billboards bearing the faces of Abure and his executives within the premises have been replaced with those of Usman. Punch