Ahead of the Nigeria Labour Congress elections which is billed to hold on Thursday, some members of the congress have threatened to disrupt the forth coming election if efforts were not put in place to address the deliberate marginalisation of delegates from the South-East and the South-South geo-political zones of the country

The protesters called on NLC to address this issue to ensure a peaceful election.

The National Executive Committee of the NLC had rescheduled the truncated elections from its 11th delegate conference in February for March 12, 2015, following disruptions by some aggrieved members who alleged the conduct of the elections was being manipulated to favour certain candidates.

The protesters alleged that the distribution of delegates was deliberately tilted to favour one of the aspirants for President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba who would be contesting against the General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Workers (NUEE) Comrade Joe Ajaero.

Bearing placards with inscriptions
"Nigerian Civil Service Union, Not Northern Civil Service Union" "Ayuba Wabba, Tenure Elongation" "NLC has lost its Voice" "where are the tags for over 200 South East delegates" and others, the protesters marched the streets from the front of the Akwa Ibom House to the headquarters of the NLC, a few meters away.

The Leader of the protesters, Osmond Ogwu who claimed to be a member of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, Enugu state chapter, said there ought to be 131 delegates from his union in the South East, but that only one was accredited as delegate at the truncated elections.

He further alleged that other delegates from the South South were being monitored to ensure that they vote for a favoured candidate.

"We have two demands, NLC should re-schedule the elections and address these grievances, there must be fair distribution of delegates. If not, we are ready to battle, just as we battled and stopped the last elections, just like we disrupted the last one," he said.

"...that nobody should be gagged during the election process. If delegates cannot cast their votes according to their will, then how can we talk about Nigeria elections? "If we don't do this right, we cannot question our democracy. NLC does not belong to anybody; all of us are stakeholders. NLC and its leadership must be called to order," he said.