Abayomi Arabambi, the National Publicity Secretary of the Lamidi Apapa-led side of the Labour Party (LP), offered more light on the party’s turmoil on Wednesday.
Arabambi said that the party’s issue began when the Director of the Commissioner of the Oath Department for the Register, Lawal Funmilola, informed them that the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, faked his paperwork.
Arabambi said in an interview with AIT that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Afenifere leader Ayo Adebanjo were aware of the fabrication.
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Arabambi went on to accuse Obasanjo of assaulting him in his office after telling him and Adebanjo that a fabrication would not bring them to the party.
He said that the presidential candidate of their party, Peter Obi, and several party personalities were informed of the situation, but that he should wait for Obi to win before the issue was addressed.
Arabambi speaking on the crisis in the party, said, “I have here a letter written by Lawal Funmilola, Director of the Commissioner of the Oath Department for the Registrar. This was what caused the crisis in the Labour Party. Some of our candidates were changed without our knowledge.
“He now presented an affidavit to INEC, and INEC changed their name. We wrote, and the court, I repeat, Lawal Funmilola, Director, Commissioner of the Oath Department, said Abure was involved in forgery, and the court wrote back to us the certified true copy that that document was forged.
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“We invited Obi, and he said we should leave Abure. Yes, he said we should leave Abure, and we should allow him to win. Obasanjo knew all of them. Baba Adebanjo, all of them knew.
“I got to say the truth here now. In fact, it’s part of why Obasanjo beat me in his house because I told them that a forger would not lead us to the party, but he said we should allow Obi to win first. We said no; we will not allow him to win.”
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