According to information made public, the Lamidi Apapa group of the Labour Party (LP) would not support Peter Obi for president in the 2027 election.
Peter Obi was persuaded by that LP section to look for a another political platform to advance his presidential aspirations.
The faction’s spokesman, Abayomi Arabambi, told Newsmen on Wednesday that Obi shouldn’t waste his time trying to have Tinubu’s victory overturned by the Supreme Court. Arabambi emphasised that the former governor of Anambra State lost the election because of his alleged poor management of human resources.
Arabambi said, “My advice is for him (Obi) to go and start preparing for 2027. But it has to be in another party, not in LP. We are not going to allow this kind of rascality to continue in 2027. We will look for a fresh candidate as far as we are concerned.
“Obi is free to go back to APGA to run, not Labour Party. We don’t want to continue accommodating a character who believes no other person, other than himself, has anything upstairs. He is not a good manager of human resources. That was why he lost woefully.
“Let me ask Obi, who is accusing President Bola Tinubu of certificate fraud, this question. Obi claimed he has a B.Sc. Did he present the B.Sc in his form? Was it not the school certificate he wrote there? Why is he hiding his own B.Sc? That is because he knew they could subpoena the vice chancellor or the registrar to come and confirm its authenticity.”
However, in response to the Apapa group, Yunusa Tanko, the spokesman for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, downplayed Arabambi’s threat.
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He said, “They (the Apapa faction) don’t own the Labour Party. That’s why I don’t want to take issues with them. There is no need to give these people attention.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission accepted the Abure group, according to the LP National Legal Adviser, Kehinde Edun.
He said, “Do they have any authority over the party? They are suspended members of the party. So, how can they determine who becomes the flag bearer? These people have turned to comedians.
“The statutory authority to monitor and keep records of activities of political parties is INEC. So, who do they plan to present the candidate to? It is the same INEC, and the electoral umpire can only accept nominations from the recognised National Executive Committee of the party. It is also the duty of the national chairman to nominate any candidate.
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“As of today, the recognised leadership of the party is the one led by Abure and not Apapa or whatever they call themselves. We are not moved by anything they say. They are just comedians and mere impostors claiming to be what they are not. We know they will soon run out of steam. Nigerians no longer take them seriously because they are beginning to see through their games.”
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