Labour Party Accuses APC Of Weaponising State Resources Against Oppositio

The Nenadi Usman-led faction of the Labour Party, LP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of weaponising state resources to sow discord within rival parties.

Usman spoke at the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Global Award and Dinner Night, held in Abuja.

She charged coalition partners to make the sacrifices required to ensure that the campaign against President Bola Tinubu’s re-election succeeds.

According to her, while it is true that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is using state institutions to intimidate, harass and threaten the opposition, ensuring unity among opposition members remains the key to success.

The former Kaduna senator said since the emergence of the APC as the ruling party, there has been a deliberate and relentless campaign to undermine the opposition.

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“Tactics range from infiltration and co-optation to the use of state institutions for harassment, intimidation, and even judicial manipulation.

“The ruling party has become adept not just at consolidating power but at weakening every form of challenge to it. This is not democracy. This is domination masked as governance.

“The APC cannot in good conscience profess commitment to democratic ideals while simultaneously working to destabilise opposition parties like the Labour Party and others,” she said.

Usman, while calling for unity among opposition leaders and the various political platforms, explained that democracy depends on the presence of dissent, as she added that the system thrives not through silence or submission but through robust debate, critique, and the offering of credible alternatives.

The factional chairperson of the Labour Party, who was represented at the event by her Senior Special Adviser (Media), Ken Eluma Asogwa, appealed to opposition party colleagues to drop personal ambitions, greed, and internal divisions, and focus on providing Nigerians with credible alternatives.

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“But let me also be brutally honest: while external interference from the APC has played a role, it is not the only culprit. The opposition has too often been complicit in its own weakening.

“We must acknowledge that personal ambition, greed, and internal divisions have made us vulnerable. No amount of external sabotage can succeed if there is no internal decay,” she added.