Labour Party Crisis: Apapa Denies Withdrawing Peter Obi's Petitions Against Tinubu From Tribunal
- Labour Party factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, has debunked the report of his alleged involvement in Peter Obi's petition filed at the election tribunal
- In a statement by his publicity secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, Apapa noted that the report is fake and the handiwork of mischief makers
- The LP chieftain further said he had not approached the election tribunal to withdraw Obi's petition
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The factional leader of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has cleared the air regarding the petition the flagbearer of the party, Peter Obi, filed at the court.
Apapa said that contrary to reports making the rounds, he has not approached the presidential election petitions tribunal to withdraw the petition filed by the party’s presidential candidate for the February 25 election.
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Apapa reveals his true position on Obi's petition
Apapa’s position on the rather controversial issue was disclosed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party loyal to him, Channels TV reported.
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In a statement by the faction’s publicity secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, Apapa noted that the publication accusing him of taking such a step against the party is one laced with deliberate falsehood, an “epistle of personal bitterness, ignorance and complete unintelligent outburst,” Vanguard report added.
Finally, Kayode Salako dumps Labour Party
Meanwhile, Olukayode Salako, the husband of actress Foluke Daramola, has resigned his membership from the Labour Party (LP).
In an Instagram post on Thursday, April 27, Salako said he was stepping down as the special assistant to the national chairman of the party on Lagos affairs.
In a letter, addressed to the party’s national chairman, Salako also said he was “withdrawing his membership as a card-carrying stakeholder in LP.”
Peter Obi knocks Tinubu as he returns to Nigeria
In another development, Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, revealed the reason he had not taken a rest since the completion of the general poll.
The former governor of Anambra state, in a veiled shading of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, explained that no serious leader would travel out of the country on vacation with the situation Nigeria was currently in.
Obi made this known during his visit to the Muslim community in Awka to facilitate the celebration of the Eid-el-Fitr with them, adding that his visit has nothing to do with politics.
Source: Legit.ng
