Supreme Court: LP Congratulates Tinubu, Sends Message to Atiku

Supreme Court: LP Congratulates Tinubu, Sends Message to Atiku

  • The Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party faction has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his Supreme Court's victory
  • Abayomi Arabambi, the spokesperson of the faction, in a statement on Saturday, said the victory of Tinubu is a well-deserved one
  • Arabambi then mocked Peter Obi, adding that his appeals did not take the Supreme Court justices to thrash out

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FCT, Abuja - The Labour Party's faction led by Lamidi Apapa has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court.

According to The Punch, the factional Labour Party urged President Tinubu to be magnanimous in victory and expressed its readiness to be part of the new administration.

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Labour Party faction congratulates Tinubu Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The Labour Party faction then mocked its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, adding that its petition did not take the Supreme Court justices up to two hours to be struck out.

Recall that the Supreme Court on Thursday, October 26, dismissed Peter Obi and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar's appeals against President Bola Tinubu's victory in the 2023 presidential election.

In a reaction to the apex court ruling on Saturday, October 28, Abayomi Arabambi, the spokesperson of the Labour Party faction, said the victory of President Tinubu was well deserved.

LP faction urges Tinubu to be magnanimous in victory

The Statement reads in part:

“The victory has now settled all the controversies that arose from the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. We hope that the President will be magnanimous in victory by inviting the Labour Party leadership as a partner in the progress of his all-inclusive government of national unity.

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“While we in the LP appeal to the losers, especially the PDP presidential candidate, to toe the path of patriotism as a democrat, we urge the winner to be more magnanimous in victory since the government is for us all."

Supreme Court: Labour Party chairman sacks his aides

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure, has sacked some of his appointees after the loss of the party at the Supreme Court.

Those affected persons were appointees whose works were related to the 2023 elections and campaigns.

The development is coming barely a week after the party lost its appeal against President Bola Tinubu at the Supreme Court.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng