Breaking: Apapa Dissolves ObiDatti Presidential Campaign Council

The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Chief Lamidi Apapa has announced the immediate dissolution of the ObiDatti Presidential Campaign Council.

This is coming a few days after the decision to suspend Chief Apapa was made by the leadership of the party on Tuesday.

The factional leader, Chief Apapa, therefore, on Friday dissolved the Campaign Council with immediate effect.

Recall that the Labour party suspended Mr. Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials.

The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement signed by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Kenedy Ahanotu Deputy National Secretary.

They stated that the decision was taken at a National Executive Council meeting of the party held in Asaba and attended by members of the National Working Committee.

Also in attendance at the Asaba meeting were states chairmen and secretaries of the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.

The Asaba meeting was also attended by the party’s National Assembly members-elect, officials of INEC, those of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress, according to the statement.

It added that the NEC reaffirmed and upheld the decision of the Akure convention which expelled its former publicity secretary Mr Arabambi Abayomi.