BREAKING: Labour Party's Crisis Escalates as 2 Factions Fight Dirty in Court
- There was tense drama on Wednesday morning when two Labour Party factions confronted each other at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal
- The Lamidi Apapa-led faction went into the court to witness the hearing of the petition but met with the supporters of Joseph Abure, the suspended national chairman
- Abure's faction at the court was led by Akin Osuntokun, the Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign
FCT, Abuja - The crisis rocking the Labour Party took another dimension on Wednesday morning, May 17, as two party factions fought dirty at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
The drama started when the factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, walked into the court premises with his supporters ahead of the hearing of the party's petitions.
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Why Labour Party factions are fighting in court
Apapa had been in a leadership battle with Joseph Abure, the suspended national chairman of the Labour Party, following the latter's sacking by his ward in Edo state and a federal high court in Abuja.
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He had arrived at the court to witness the hearing of the petition filed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, against the victory of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.
Meanwhile, Abure was absent in court, but some key members of the Labour Party, including the Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign, Akin Osuntokun, had arrived at the court.
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Osuntoku and his accomplice then attacked and shouted at Apapa's faction.
“Who are you?” a party official asked Apapa, who fired back, saying, “Who are you too?”
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party may have hurt the petition, which Obi believes would earn him the chance of being Nigeria's president.
This is as the Apapa-led Labour Party had threatened to withdraw the suit and distanced itself from the call to postpone the inauguration of Tinubu scheduled for May 29.
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Anambra monarch says Obi'll reclaim his mandate, gives reasons
Legit.ng reported that the traditional ruler of Onitsha in Anambra state, Obi Alfred Nnameka Achebe, said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023, presidential election in Nigeria, Peter Obi, will reclaim his presidential mandate at the tribunal and the apex court.
Legit.ng's regional reporter in Anambra, Mokwugwo Solomon, quoted Achebe making the comment on Friday, May 12, during a book lunch in Awka, Anambra state capital.
The book "Peter Obi: Many Voices, One Perspective" is edited by a former Commissioner for Economic Planning in Anambra state, Prof Chinyere Okunna.
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