Kaduna LP Affirms Support For Abure’s Leadership, Disowns Renegade Faction

Says faction handiwork of electoral bandit

By Frederick Peters, KADUNA.

NEWSDAILYNIGERIA: The Labour party party in Kaduna State has declared its loyalty and support to the National Leadership of the party, under the Chairmanship of Barrister Julius Abure, while dissociating itself from the renegade faction led by one Lamidi Apapa.

The party at the end of an emergency State executive council( SEC) meeting in Kaduna on Saturday, frowned at efforts by anti democratic elements without and within the party to scuttle the Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s quest to reclaim his stolen mandate.

The party SEC also alleged that an electoral bandit is responsible for the sponsorship of this illegal group to disstabilize the party and scuttle the party’s petition at the presidential election tribunal

In a communique, read by the State PRO, Idris Yusuf, the SEC, also resolved to stand by the lleadership of party in the state , under Alh. Auwal Tafoki and other lawful leaders at all levels, while suspending 3 of its members who attended the illegal NEC meeting held at Bauchi recently.

” Following the sudden emergence of a renegade faction in the Labour Party  led by one Lamidi Apapa, our great Party is being assaulted by agents of destabilisation and commotion. But, as much as they have tried, it is clear that the vast majority of our party members and, indeed, the millions of our party supporters are watching the shameful drama carried out by these enemies of democracy with disdain.

” The public should note that the entire  drama of indignity  going on is being sponsored by an electoral bandit whose main aim is to use a fake Labour Party NWC to scuttle the weighty petition that the Labour Party and our Presidential Peter Obi tabled before the Presidential Election Tribunal. “

According to the party in the state,” The intention is to create parallel structures  at the National level and over the states to lend support to the dirty agenda of scuttling the mandate of Mr Peter Obi and Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed in the 2023 Presidential elections. 

” Therefore, we the State Executive Council of the Labour party in Kaduna state, having met today, have unequivocally resolved as follows:

“Among those identified and affected by this decision are the following: i) Hon Bashir Idris AliyuIi) Alh. Ibrahim Sidi Bamali.iii) Engr Michael Ayuba Auta.

”    That we totally dissociate ourselves from the illegal and counterfeit group of the Labour Party led by one Lamidi Apapa.”

The party SEC, further said”  We hereby affirm and assert our loyalty, support and commitment to the National Working Committee of our great Party led by our lawfully recongnised National Chairman,  Barrister Julius Abure.

” Consequent upon the above,  all appointments and decisions made by the  Apapa group on behalf of great Party remain null and void.

” For the records, the Chairman of the Labour Party in Kaduna state remains Hon Auwal  Tafoki.  Any other person parading himself in the above position is blatantly committing impersonation and may face the wrath of the law.  

”  All identified card-carrying members of the Labour Party who were part of the so-called NEC  meeting that took place in Bauchi, Bauchi state Wednesday, 3rd, May 2022 hereby stand suspended from the party. 

Those suspended by the SEC are, Hon Bashir, Ibrahim Sidi Bamali and Engr Michael Ayuba Auta

” These three stand suspended and this decision will be forwarded to the National Working Committee of the Labour Party and other relevant bodies for further actions.

” We call on our members and the general public to disregard anyone or group parading him or themlves as State officials of the Labour Party in Kaduna state outside the duly constituted and recognized state Exco led by Hon Auwal Tafoki.

” Once more, Kaduna state Labour Party is committed to ensuring that the party remains united and  becomes the most formidable political platform in the state and in Nigeria that will produce visionary and transformational leaders that will take our country to greater height. We therefore, cannot be distracted by a few disgruntled elements whose major aim is to service their greed to the detriment of the party and the country. 

” We therefore call on all our members and teeming supporters to remain calm and law abiding even in the face of the unwarranted provocation by divisive agents.”the communique added.