The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party has denied claims that it approached the presidential election tribunal to withdraw the petition filed by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
it would be recalled that the embattled Julius
Abure faction had on Tuesday raised the alarm that Apapa and his team had gone
to the tribunal in Abuja to withdraw Obi’s petition challenging the victory of
Bola Tinubu.
But, Apapa described the publication as one
laced with deliberate falsehood, saying it is an “epistle of personal
bitterness, ignorance and complete unintelligent outburst.”
In a statement on Wednesday by the faction’s Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, Apapa said
Abure had been restrained by the Abuja high court “over confirmed allegations
of forgery of court seal” and others, saying it is not new that he could engage
in “cheap blackmail to gain public sympathy in order to cover up his criminal
tracks.”
Apapa challenged Abure to produce a copy of
the letter which he or the Secretary signed to seek the withdrawal of the
petition at the tribunal.
While saying he and his team would not be
intimidated by “these wicked lies”, Apapa pointed out that the publication was
“a well-orchestrated plan by Abure to incite violence and chaos in order to
make Nigeria ungovernable.”
The statement quoted the Labour Party leader
as saying that he and his team would not engage in any verbal war with those he
called “pedestrian political misfits and despots”, saying it was obvious that
“Abure is trying to whip up the sentiment on his travails.”
He concluded that the Labour Party under his
leadership stands with Obi on the “mission to reclaim the mandate freely given
to him and our party during the February 25th, 2023 Presidential and National
Assembly election.”
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