The Lamidi Apapa – led faction of the Labour Party, LP, has felicitated former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on his 62 birthday, but said it regretted fielding him as its presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election.
The faction conveyed its grave regret in a statement by its suspended National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, to celebrate Obi’s 62nd birthday.
It said the party made a mistake by making Obi as its presidential flag-bearer.
The faction claimed Obi lied severally to the presidential election tribunal over some electoral documents from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Arabambi stated: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) felicitates with its popular presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, on his 62nd anniversary.
“In wishing him well, we want him to state that we regret fielding him on the platform of the party, in the light of recent development particularly actions that undermined the discipline the Labour party has been known for.
The Lamidi Apapa-led National Working Committee of the Party hereby charges the celebrant to, on this occasion of thanksgiving to God, to be reflective of the Nigerian interest, which he seeks to serve.
“It is indeed worrisome that even though he went to the Presidential Electoral Tribunal as a non-member of the Labour Party and lied severally that there was a time they issued subpoena to INEC for all those documents and maintained that they were unable to pay all the documents they seek to tender.”
