The factional Chairman of the Labour Party(LP), Lamidi Apapa, has allegedly perfected plans to withdraw the party’s petition at the Presidential Elections’ Petition Tribunal.
LP had challenged the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) as president-elect.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiorah Ifoh, said: “Our legal team was confronted by the stark revelation that these men have advanced their plot by approaching all the tribunals where our numerous candidates lodged their election petitions arising from the recently held general election.”
“We had long suspected that moles were planted to sabotage the efforts of the party to offer Nigerians an alternative to the wicked and clueless governance in place today, but the desperation to satisfy their pay master are beginning to threaten our common peace and of course our democracy.
“Approaching the tribunals to withdraw all the cases lodged by Labour Party candidates across board is the height of subterfuge and treachery, and Nigerians will resist this ploy to plunge the nation into unnecessary turmoil,” he added.
“The leadership of the Labour Party is therefore calling on the tribunals to disregard any letter emanating from our suspended National Legal Adviser, Samuel Akingbade to the effect that all our cases are to be withdrawn. We are also calling on the presidential election tribunal to disregard such letters from these ex officials of our party asking for the withdrawal of Peter Obi’s petition,” he said.
He called on the Department of State Services (DSS), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the police to arrest” these enemies of democracy”
