The Labour Party (LP) has disowned a fake X (formerly Twitter) account operating under the name “Nigeria Labour Party (LP)” with the handle @NewsLp26689, describing it as unauthorised and misleading.
In a statement issued on Monday, the party said the account was created in January 2026, shortly after the Federal High Court judgement affirming Senator Nenadi Usman as the Interim National Chairman of the party.
According to the statement signed by Ken Eluma Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser (Media) to the LP Interim National Chairman, the fake account has been posing as the official communication channel of the Labour Party.
“The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to a fake X (formerly Twitter) account operating under the name ‘Nigeria Labour Party (LP)’ with the handle @NewsLp26689, which is falsely purporting to disseminate information to the general public on behalf of the party,” Asogwa stated.
He clarified that the Labour Party’s only known social media accounts, ‘Labour Party-Nig’ on Facebook with about 12,000 followers, and @LabourPartyNG on X with roughly 839,000 followers are currently inactive.
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