Labour Party Faction Distance Self From Calls For Interim Government And Delay Of Tinubu Swear-In

The Labour Party’s Lamidi Apapa faction has issued a statement distancing itself from calls for an interim administration and movements to delay Bola Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29 until the presidential election tribunal’s appeals have been resolved.

The Labour Party section said that the May 29 swearing-in of Tinubu “may not have any impact on the ongoing legal tussle on the presidential election involving our party, APC, and INEC.”

The Labour Party stated that the Electoral Act and the Nigerian Constitution do not allow for a void in a statement provided to The Punch by the faction’s spokesperson, Abayomi Arabambi.

“so whether the President-elect is sworn in or not, there is right to remove him legally if it is found out that he was not duly elected.”

Citing sections 136 and 146 of the constitution, Arabambi said; “What Peter Obi is crying for is not supported by the law.”

He argued that “a refusal to swear in Tinubu as President will create a vacuum in the system”, adding that the law abhors this.

Arabambi said, “Even Peter Obi once benefitted from the system of being sworn into office despite pending petitions filed against him before the tribunal by Andy Uba.”

“The Law has to be complied with, which is to swear in Tinubu as president, and if anybody wants to change the narrative, they will have to change the law,” he stated.

“Labour Party warns all Obidiots clandestinely parading themselves as LP members and other Obidients who may be agitating that the President-elect should not be sworn in to have a rethink as Labour Party will not support any unlawful means of agitations or change of government violently.”

The spokesman also maintained that LP would continue to pursue its case in court.