The Labor Party (LP) said it was not part of any insurgency plans in Nigeria according to the Department of State Services (DSS).
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday 29 March sounded the alarm about a plot to undermine the democratic process and form an interim government.
Responding to the development, Labor Party spokeswoman Yunusa Tanko said the party had no intention of insurgency, describing the development as a plot against the state.
“We are not part of any insurrection plans whatsoever,” he said on Channels Television’s Lunch Time Politics on Thursday.
“But what I am saying is that we would protect the interest of Nigerian people based on the provisions of the law which provides that where you are hurting, you have the right to protest and that you would do so with the defence and protection of the Nigerian security apparatus. That is what we would do but we would not support any insurrection in any way.”
Tanko accused the DSS and other security agencies of failing to protect the interests of the Nigerian state in the 2023 elections, saying that some party supporters had been disenfranchised in some parts of the country.
“The DSS and the security agencies should come out and protect us even if we are on the streets protesting,” he added, maintaining that the Labor Party is not mobilising people to come out on the streets to fight.
He further said that the Labor party will not do anything against the laws of Nigeria. “We are ready to follow the rules and laws of the democratic setting,” he said.
