In order to request the withdrawal of the petition before the tribunal, Abure signed a letter, which Apapa asked Abure to show a copy of.
Contrary to rumors going around, the leader of the Labour Party faction, Lamidi Apapa, has denied going to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to have Peter Obi’s bid for the presidency withdrawn.
The Labour Party’s National Working Committee (NWC), an ally of Apapa’s, revealed Apapa’s stance on the somewhat contentious matter.
In a statement released by the faction’s publicity secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, to address the situation, Apapa claimed that the article accusing him of taking such a step against the party is one that is laced with deliberate falsehood and is an “epistle of personal bitterness, ignorance, and a completely unintelligent outburst.”
On Tuesday, a section of Julius Abure, the controversial chairman of the LP, raised the alarm about Apapa and his group visiting the tribunal in Abuja to withdraw Obi’s case contesting the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.
Apapa responded by stating that Abure had been detained by the Abuja High Court “over confirmed allegations of forgery of court seal” and others, and that it was nothing new for him to resort to “cheap blackmail to gain public sympathy in order to cover up his criminal tracks.”
To prove that he or the secretary signed a letter asking the tribunal to dismiss the petition, Apapa pressed Abure. He said that he and his staff would not be frightened by “these wicked lies.”
