I intend to attend the pre-hearing on Obi’s petition at the tribunal – Apapa

Apapa asserted that after 21 years in the party, all members should be able to trust him.

On Friday, May 19, Lamidi Apapa, the LP’s factional leader, says he’ll be back at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

When questioned on Thursday if he intended to attend the Tribunal again after being rejected on Wednesday, he responded, “I intend to go,” on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program.

Apapa said, “Perhaps by the next one, I will be known.”

Apapa added that he went to the Tribunal on Wednesday to make his case for being the party’s interim national chairman.

Apapa has been claiming the right to the chairmanship position but the majority of the party members do not recognize him as such following a court ruling prohibiting the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, and other party executives from parading as leaders.

The drama surrounding the leadership dispute assumed a new dimension on Wednesday when Apapa was booed out of the Tribunal following his unsuccessful attempt to represent the party there.

“I appeared in the Tribunal yesterday to demonstrate my power as the party’s acting national chairman. When I arrived, the party chairman already had a seat. I went down to visit Mr. Osuntokun and informed him that since I was there, he was not supposed to be there.

Apapa, however, said that because he was not recognized, there was fighting at the Tribunal.

Apapa said that he cast his ballot for Peter Obi, the LP’s presidential candidate, in Ibadan and that he triumphed in his electoral district. May God repay me by the way I advocated for me, Obi,” he remarked.

According to Tanko Yunusa, the spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Apapa is not operating in the best interests of Obi and the Nigerian people.

“Let me just clarify that what Mr. Apapa is trying to do is have a coup d’état against the desire and interest of the Nigerian people, notably that of the Labour Party.

“That also demonstrates their lack of interest. They came with the goal to stir up trouble in court,” Tanko added.