Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has claimed that the former presidential candidate Peter Obi refused to call a meeting with party leaders following the Supreme Court’s decision to remove Julius Abure as the party chairman.
In an interview with TVC from 3:35, Apapa stated: “What is clear there is that the Supreme Court said leadership matters cannot be decided by the court, and that the party leadership should go back home and go through their Constitution and apply. We expected Peter Obi, who is the principal of the party, to call a meeting with the leaders of the party. But already, they have decided, and he has his own group already, where Nenadi was chosen to be the caretaker chairman. So, such a person cannot handle an issue like that.”
Apapa further explained his claim to party leadership, saying: “The same Abure who has been on this issue, and the court said now your protection is gone, and he’s now naked. If Abure is now naked, the party must go on; must go on. Are we going to close down the office?”
He also quoted article 14 2b of the Labour Party constitutions to support his legitimacy as the current chairman of the party. He argued that their Constitution says that the deputy National Chairman shall take over the Chairmanship in the absence of the National Chairman and shall preside over the meetings of the party with automatic authority. According to him, the NWC had supported him in the taking over of the affairs of the party.
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