The Labour Party (LP) has made a fresh revelation over the current leadership crises rocking the party.
According to LP, the breakaway group of the party led by acting national chairman, Lamidi Apapa is making efforts to nullify Peter Obi’s victories.
Specifically, the party claimed that the Apapa faction has approaching a court in Kano state to seek the nullification of the party’s recent electoral victories.
This was disclosed in a statement by the party’s acting National publicity secretary, Obiora Ifoh.
The statement reads:
The Labour Party has been informed of an illegal attempt by a breakaway group in the party led by Lamidi Apapa to misguide a Kano state High court to invalidate all the elections won by the Labour Party in the just concluded general election.
Suspended National Legal Adviser and a key member of the disgraced Apapa group, Samuel Akingbade Oyelekan, on Wednesday while the Presidential Appeal Tribunal was sitting in Abuja with all attentions focused on it, clandestinely sneaked out of Abuja to Kano state where he in collaboration with some members of the other political parties asked the court to invalidate all the elections won by the Labour Party, particularly, the national assembly in the 36 states and FCT on the ground that we didn’t submit register of voters to INEC.
Akingbade who presented himself as representing the Labour Party, did not oppose the motion, thus forcing the helpless judge to reserve judgement for tomorrow.
Though, the party will appear before the court on Thursday to set aside the proceedings, but we have earlier raised the alarm of the plots by the opposition parties to ensure that Labour Party is reduced to the rubbles. Few weeks ago, we alerted Nigerians of plots to hijack the party and by extension, target all our cases in the tribunal. We have since produced evidences of the letters initiated by Akingbade to various tribunals asking for withdrawal of cases before them.
We are using this medium to alert the judiciary and all law enforcement agencies, particularly, the police, DSS to note that Samuel Akingbade, Lamidi Apapa, Abayomi Arabambi and everyone in that camp have ceased to be representing Labour Party in whatever capacity. This statement serves as a disclaimer on them and for the information of Nigerians.
These agents have taken their hatchet job to a new level and will stop at nothing in doing their paymasters bid to truncate our case in various tribunal. Nigerians must be on alert and join forces in ensuring that all the anti Democratic forces in our midst are subdued..
When you talk about Peter Obi’s victory,it gets me sick. Labour party and its myopic supporters should know that Peter Obi never won election in the northern and western parts of Nigeria. We never voted for him and without winning any of these you never won presidential election in Nigeria.
Why not allow the young man to prove his case in court. After all the supposedly impartial INEC coarsed them to go to court after secretly announcing election results. It shouldn’t make you sick my dear. INEC has forced everyone to now look up to judiciary to determine the winner of election when they could have completed their assignment transparently. Really unfortunate considering that they received all the support they needed from government – over N300bln, haba
Let’s hear him out and let’s see the facts at his disposal trusting that the respected members of the inner temple of justice will be courageous enough to deliver sound judgement