Tag: Labour Party

‘Supreme Court judgement has destroyed fabric of our democracy’ – LP

Aminu Imam

…Says Nigeria sliding into dictatorship The leadership of the Labour Party yesterday described the judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the election of President Bola Tinubu as sad, adding that” the judgement has destroyed the fabrics of Nigeria’s democracy. National Chairman of the Party, Julius Abure, while reacting to the judgement, said the party is “shocked and surprised that the apex Court will toe the line of the September 26 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), despite the flaws inherent in it. Abure, in a statement he personally signed,…

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Tribunal: LP says it is dismayed by Lagos judgment, but sustain pursuit of justice

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State said it was dismayed by Monday’s judgement of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on the March 18 election. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mrs Olubunmi Odesanya, said this on Tuesday in a statement made available to newsmen. Odesanya, however, appealed to party loyalists to remain calm as the party continued to pursue justice. She said: “We listened to the judgment of the Lagos State election tribunal delivered yesterday, Sept. 25, with utmost dismay. “We urge our teeming supporters to remain…

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PEPT: Labour Party rejects tribunal judgment

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party, (LP), has stirred up its supporters to take back Nigeria ‘in whatever way” possible. The party dropped the message on its Facebook page as Nigerians awaited the verdict of the presidential election petitions tribunal on the legitimate winner of the February 25 presidential poll. The statement on the LP’s page reads: “Nigerians be ready to take back your country, in whatever way you can. Nobody is more Nigerian than any Nigerian”. The Labour Party, (LP), has said the much-awaited judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which…

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“Peter Obi will win at tribunal” – Labour Party counters Tinubu’s claims

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) has countered the Presidency’s assertion that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which is set to be delivered today, Wednesday. The party declared that its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will win in the election. The Presidency’s claim was made by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who said that Tinubu is not losing sleep over the verdict because he won the February 25 presidential poll. However, LP spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, said the…

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Kano court denies sacking Alex Otti as Abia Governor-elect

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court, sitting in Kano, has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party, (LP) that contested during the 2023 general election. Recall that a plaintiff, Ibrahim Haruna-Ibrahim, had filed an application seeking the court to revoke and set aside the certificate of return issued to all LP candidates declared winner in Kano and the 35 States of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja. The respondents in…

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“Treat our members calling for interim govt. as enemies of democracy” – LP NEC to security agencies 

Aminu Imam

Rising from its National Executive Council meeting, which was held in Bauchi on Wednesday, the Labour Party (LP), has distanced itself from the call for an interim government, describing such a call as a treasonable act and charged security agencies to treat any of its members found engaging in such act as enemies of democracy. The call was contained in the communiqué issued after the NEC meeting, which was held at the Sulgad Hotel, Bauchi, read to newsmen by the Publicity Secretary, Arabambi Abayomi, and signed by the party’s acting…

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Labour Party raises alarm, as Apapa approaches court to thwart Obi’s petition

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party has said its suspended Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa, has approached all the Election Tribunals wherein the party has pending matters including that of the presidential candidate, Peter Obi, allegedly asking for withdrawal of cases. The Labour Party made this known in an issued statement yesterday, signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. The statement reads: “Daily, the evil intention of the breakaway faction of the Labour Party, led by the suspended Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa, continues to manifest and just this…

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‘Labour Party belongs to NLC, no room for saboteurs’ – Ajaero

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will resist any attempt to hijack or sabotage the Labour Party. The NLC president, Joe Ajaero, stated this while addressing newsmen during a solidarity visit to the Party’s national secretariat in Abuja. “For anybody, or group of people, to think that they will sabotage or derail our ideological movement, we will resist any attempt to sabotage the party with everything within our powers,” he said. According to reports, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court had ordered one Julius Abure to stop parading…

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‘Real reason Peter Obi was detained, grilled in London’ – Campaign office

Aminu Imam

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi was on Good Friday detained and questioned at the Heathrow Airport, London by UK immigration services due to someone impersonating him. Head of the Obi-Datti media team, Diran Onifade, in an issued statement yesterday, said the LP Presidential candidate arrived the Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria on Good Friday, and joined the queue for the necessary Airport protocols when he was accosted by immigration officials who handed him a detention note and told him to step aside. Onifade said Obi was questioned for…

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Court stops LP’s Chairman, Secretary, others from parading as National Officers

Aminu Imam

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has issued an order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, (LP), Julius Abure; National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the Party. Justice Hamza Mu’azu issued the restraining order while ruling in ex-parte application argued by a James Onoja. Others stopped from parading themselves as national officers are the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and the Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. In an application, Onoja told the court how the restrained National officers allegedly forged several…

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