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The faction led by Lamidi Apapa of the Labour Party (LP) has reacted to the recent Federal High Court ruling in Kano that removed Alex Otti, the Governor-elect of Abia State, and invalidated all Labour Party candidates in Abia and Kano States in the recently concluded elections.

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the party faction blames Barrister Julius Abure, the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, for this predicament.

Abayomi Arabambi, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, issued a statement in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, disclosing these developments to the press.

Arabambi revealed that Abure failed to timely submit the party’s registered members’ names in Kano and Abia States to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Arabambi emphasised that the party’s failure to submit its membership register to INEC within 30 days before the primaries rendered the entire process invalid.

He stated, “The truth is that Abure and his associates withheld these names and neglected to submit them to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in accordance with Section 72 of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended).”

“While other political parties’ National Chairmen and Secretaries were diligently fulfilling the requirements for submitting the names of registered members, Abure and his group were busy seeking candidates to manipulate and surreptitiously include their names in the party’s register, thereby bypassing those who won their respective primaries in certain parts of the country.”

“Today, our position has been vindicated after a Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice M. N. Yunusa, nullified the candidacy of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti, and all Labour Party candidates in Abia and Kano States due to the Labour Party’s failure to comply with Section 72 of the Electoral Act 2022 (as Amended).”

Arabambi recalled that he had previously expressed concern over Abure’s actions, which were not in line with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act.

“The failure of the Labour Party to submit its membership register to INEC within 30 days before the primaries renders the entire process invalid.”

“If we fail to comply with the provisions of the electoral act, we cannot claim to have had candidates participating in the elections in the affected states.”

He challenged Abure to “come clean and explain to Nigerians and Labour Party supporters worldwide who he was working for at that time. Why would a leader of a political party, which had the strength of a hurricane, go into battle by deliberately setting up a group for the defeat of their own army?”

“Now is the time for truth, not politics. Who was Abure working for when he forged court documents and seals? Who was Abure working for when he deliberately withheld the names of these candidates from INEC at the appropriate time?”

“The unsuspecting members of the Obidient family must realize that the Court’s decision was a grand scheme by Abure to exploit the Labour Party’s fortunes solely for his own benefit and that of his immediate family.”

“Today, we are pleased to inform you that the FCT High Court has ordered the maintenance of the restraining order issued by the Court on April 5th, 2023, pending the Court’s judgement on the appeal.”

Arabambi warned that the judgement implies that all actions and decisions taken by Abure and his associates on behalf of the party, including the Asaba NEC meeting and all primaries conducted are null and void and of no consequence.

SwissMass:
Explain, at least I made explanation of reasoning, but you just jump in.

Christistruth03:
That is not correct because Inec must defend their decision to declare him President after fulfilling their requirements

chidiokay:
Did Inec stay neutral in Adeleke case, i hope you followed the suit

The electoral body pleaded with the Court to strike out 32 allegations made against Tinubu by Atiku which among others, comprised forfeiture of $460, 000 Dollars in the United States of America (USA), possession of Guinea's Passport and Allegiance to foreign countries.

INEC said that the allegations which formed 32 paragraphs in the Atiku's petition should be discontenced by the Court for various reasons comprising lack of jurisdiction.

FreeStuffsNG:
The judge had in 2016 been indicted for bribe-taking and recommended for early retirement by the National Judicial Council but President Muhammadu Buhari refused to sign off the sanction.

Christistruth03:
But they cleared him to run

helinues:
Do something meaningful with your time, your life instead of coming online daily to be trolling others.

It would be better for you to grow old and be playing golf instead of Ludo.

Time na money

arantess:
Which group is brimbram?

Feintline:
What happened with the lamidi lawyer is the rascality that PODATTI has been hammering on.

So shameful and disgraceful that a SAN will donate himself to be used as tissue paper .

Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja on Friday has dismissed a senior advocate of Nigeria hired by Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party, to take over the ongoing case at the tribunal.

It was gathered that immediately the petition of the party and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to challenge the outcome of the presidential election that held on February 25, was called up for hearing and lawyers were asked to announce their appearances, Chief Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, stood up and told the court that he was briefed to represent the LP.

The senior lawyer addressed the court after Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, who appeared alongside five others SANs, had already announced his presence as counsel for the petitioners.

Maduabuchi, SAN, told the court that he was instructed by the party to appear on its behalf and to represent it in the matter.

However, the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the court declined to record his appearance.

“You did not file this petition. Let the person that filed the case announce appearance. We cannot record you,” Justice Tsammani held.

Another member of the panel berated Maduabuchi, SAN, for accepting the brief when he was aware that the party already had its team of lawyers.

“As a learned silk, you should know better and you should have told whoever that briefed you that there is another lawyer handling the matter,” a member of the panel added.

Realising that he would not be allowed to take over the case, Maduabuchi, said he would go back and relate what happened in court to his client.

“That is not our business. You can either leave the court or sit and observe the proceedings,” Chairman of the panel, Justice Tsammani added.

Earlier, Obi, who was in court, had announced himself as the representative of the petitioners.

Remarkably, the two factional Chairmen of the party, Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa, were both in court for the matter.

It will be recalled that irate youths had on Tuesday, attacked Apapa at the court premises, accusing him of yielding himself as a tool in the hands of people seeking to disintegrate the party.

Apapa, who denied the allegation that he received N500million to scuttle Obi’s case against Tinubu, was subsequently taken into protective custody by security operatives attached to the court.

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Abubakar Atiku on Friday told the Presidential Election Petition Court that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is a meddlesome interloper in its defence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the qualifications for the election.

Atiku’s Counsel accused the electoral body of being a proxy in its petition against Tinubu.

INEC through its counsel had moved a motion on notice praying the Court to strike out some of the allegations made against Tinubu by Atiku in his petition.

The electoral body pleaded with the Court to strike out 32 allegations made against Tinubu by Atiku in the petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 Presidential election.

INEC said that the allegations which formed 32 paragraphs in the Atiku’s petition should be discontinued by the Court for various reasons comprising lack of jurisdiction.

But Atiku through his lead counsel, Chris Uche, filed counter affidavit in opposition to INEC’S request and asked the Court to dismiss the electoral body’s position.

Uche argued in the counter affidavit that it was not the duty of INEC to do the battle or argue the case of Tinubu who is 2nd defendant in the petition.

Specifically, Atiku’s lead counsel insisted that INEC ought to be neutral but turning to a meddlesome interloper by taking up the defense of Tinubu against the provisions of the law.

He therefore asked the Court to dismiss INEC’S motion for being gross abuse of court process, lacking in merit and grossly incompetent.

NgeneUkwenu:
He is actually 5 steps ahead of them.

Mynd44 Nfpmod

NgeneUkwenu:
He is actually 5 steps ahead of them.

Mynd44 Nfpmod

blacknp:
Let them keep deceiving themselves, INEC has already told them their fate, Obi thank you for betraying your master Abubakar Atiku, the rest we know is history.

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.

Westchester:
What’s This Hate Against The Igbos By Tinubu Yoruba Supporters. Just look at what someone is saying on Twitter.

I’m hoping the guy gets arrested and jailed so others will learn [/quote[b][/b]]

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Ola9ja23:
Certificate of return will be returned. And Peter Obi will pay for your medical help at the psychiatric hospital

Reminderz:
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Ofunaofu:
Lamidi Apapa wants to be a party chairman by all means and we are aware that he is being sent to cause confusion

LeoDeKing:
You are the most stewpid person I have come across in a long while

Ofunaofu:
look at how he has been disgraced.

we warned him

Lamidi Apapa should stop disgracing himself and rather go back to and tell Tinubu that what he sent him to do did not work. He should create a chairmanship position for him at his APC ikoyi ward or Iragbiiji ward

God1000:
But we already have NOUN