By Ogochukwu Isioma
Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Bashir Apapa, has declared support for the party’s presidential candidate in the recently concluded 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi.
The LP factional Chairman made the declaration in a statement endorsed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Abayomi Arabambi, and made available to journalists on Friday in Abuja.
Apapa said the LP under his new leadership would continue to fight legally for the retrieval of the mandate freely given to Obi by Nigerians — ‘but denied him by the Independent National Electoral Commission.’
The statement reads, “In compliance with the FCT HIGH COURT INTERIM INJUNCTION ORDER that restrained Mr. Julius Abure and three others from parading themselves as National Officers of the Labour Party (LP) on 4th April 2023.
“The new Labour Party (LP) National Working Committee, NWC, under the able leadership of Alhaji Lamidi Bashir Apapa, has declared its unwavering support for a new Nigeria & the LP-Peter Obi 2023 Presidential Election Victory Mandate Recovery denied it by the INEC declaration.
“The Acting National Chairman has assured Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to have fate in the new national working committee, NWC and its leadership to achieve the desires of Nigerians for a progressive, prosperous and stable Nigeria.
“Mr. Peter Obi and the entire stakeholders of the party and Nigerians are enjoined to be steadfast as the leadership of LP is committed to the mandate recovery of the Labour Party 2023 presidential election results victory in the Presidential Election Tribunal.
“Alhaji Lamidi Apapa stated that the LP NWC & NEC shall unveil detailed strategies aimed at recovering the people’s mandate that is now hanging before the Presidential Election Tribunal.
“NWC pledges to unveil it’s national programs that will impact on the welfare and wellbeing of Nigerians and Nigeria going forward and enjoy party members to conduct themselves in a civilised manners at all time.”