The Labour Party (LP) says the national executive council meeting planned by Lamidi Apapa-led faction is “illegal, fake and unauthourised”.

The leadership of the party has been experiencing in-fighting since Apapa, who the party said has been suspended, declared himself the acting national chairman following the sack of Julius Abure by a court.

Others said to be suspended were Samuel Akingbade, national legal adviser; Gbenga Daramola, national financial secretary; Anselem Eragbe, national youth leader; and Abayomi Arabambi, national publicity secretary.

In a statement on Tuesday, Obiora Ifoh, LP’s acting spokesperson, said Apapa’s faction is currently planning a NEC meeting after the party successfully held one in Asaba, Delta state capital.

He said the proposed meeting scheduled for May 3 is illegal.

“It has come to the notice of the leadership of the Labour Party of a proposed illegal, fake and unauthourised National Executive Council meeting organised by the suspended deputy national chairman, Lamidi Apapa and his renegade cohorts, expected to hold May 3 in Bauchi state,” Ifoh said.

“This is coming barely two weeks after the party held its very successful NEC meeting in Asaba, Delta state, that was attended by virtually all NEC members including 36 state chairmen and secretaries, all members of the National Working Committee, most of the elected members of the national assembly, leader and presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, party trustees including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) amongst others.

“In a memo signed by the former deputy national chairman, Apapa, they extended the invitation to some of our elected leaders including our presidential candidate, people they neither supported during their campaigns nor recognised as leaders of the party. These are people they are surreptitiously working to terminate their cases in the various tribunals. We concluded that the temerity to even invite these leaders was purely for publicity ops and stunts which they knew were dead on arrival.

“It is only mischievous minds that will want to obey the FCT high court order without also respecting the Edo state high court order which bars any party agents including these renegades from tampering with the status quo even when they know that both courts are of equal and coordinate jurisdiction.

“Article 13:2A of our party constitution is clear on the composition of the Labour Party NEC, and it did not state that expelled and suspended officers of the party shall regroup and convene a NEC of the party. The question is; who are they hoping to attend the NEC, if not their usual customers; touts, market women, street hawkers.and people who are not members of the party.

“We are using this medium to alert Nigerians that the proposed NEC meeting scheduled to hold on the 3rd of May in Bauchi is illegal. They have no powers to call for NEC, they have been suspended by NEC. This illegal gathering has been reported to the Police, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and they have no intention to monitor the shenanigan. INEC in any case does not even know of any other Labour Party as no court in Nigeria has given any judgement on the case.”

The party also called on the management of the hotel where the meeting is planning to hold, asking that they should refuse offering their venue for the meeting.

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What really amazes me about this tinubu native doctor lamidi is that he was no where near PODATTI or labour party through the months of PODATTI campaign and hard work.

He was nowhere when PODATTI rejuvenated LP and turned it to What it is today

From nowhere he jumps out to reap whst he did not dow and cause confusion.
Lamidi, if you don't respect yourself, THUNDER will hit your left jaw and destroy your bukacavity.

Ok

Since OBI can't be president on earth, we will vote for him in Heaven. Riggers should fry egg

Why all these na?

Why is that old man that looks like a native doctor so determined to take over from abure I understand that the person that is supposed to take over from abure is a woman who doesn't even make any noise. The court didn't even pronounce apappa as the chairman so why all these unnecessary fights?

Dead on arrival

H.E peter Obi is their night mare.

The court case must continue.

Let Judiciary give a judgement

I prefer a stupid judgement than no judgement.

Let us know that the country is a failed state.

Everyone will be a government of his own.

Pandora has taken his bad luck to ruin a once peaceful party

This man who the guineafawol send is fighting tooth and nail to be relevant

Obi nor kuku send am

Hmmm

All of a sudden Labour Party's leadership's position has become a BIG deal.

All thanks to Obi.

What's happening

Trouble in paradise

Bad

Tntsi:
What really amazes me about this tinubu native doctor lamidi is that he was no where near PODATTI or labour party through the months of PODATTI campaign and hard work.

From nowhere he jumps out to cause confusion.
Lamidi, if you don't respect yourself, THUNDER will hit your left jaw.

Anybody weh inec collect list of candidates in d upcoming election, is d authentic chairman. Besides. Dia is a court dat asked abure not to be recognized. So he needs to step aside 4 deputy chairman south to act, just like Ayu did.

Looking like a planted mole in LP...

Never knew LP troubles will begin this early, unfortunately the party is about to go into oblivion and no one should be surprise when everyone who won elections under the LP platform migrates to other parties.

Unfortunately, it is those who Laboured for free that I pitied.

You go dey work for Nigeria Politicians for Free.

Wailing Wailers. Over to you.

I love Nigeria Politics

Al is a game of interest

Eyin e lawa Lamidi o gbodo gba ENKR!

Tntsi:
What really amazes me about this tinubu native doctor lamidi is that he was no where near PODATTI or labour party through the months of PODATTI campaign and hard work.

From nowhere he jumps out to cause confusion.
Lamidi, if you don't respect yourself, THUNDER will hit your left jaw.

When you borrowed someone else land for businesses and you got it through the wrong caretakers. The moment the landlord appears the arrangements may change.

There's now a lot of money in d party.... See wike and Ayu fight

JOemmy:
Why is that old man that looks like a native doctor so determined to take over from abure I understand that the person that is supposed to take over from abure is a woman who doesn't even make any noise. The court didn't even pronounce apappa as the chairman so why all these unnecessary fights?

Apapa faction is the legally recognize faction

Small yansh dey shake! Party with one governor by mistake still fighting because of money they want to embezzle. Shior