The factional chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the legal representatives of the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to report to him.
This directive was given in relation to their appearance at the Presidential Election Tribunal.
He stated this Friday while briefing the press after he was reinstated as the party’s acting chairman in Abuja on Friday.
He said, “I am so pleased that justice has taken place today because under normal circumstances we begin to doubt but today we are happy that the judge had acted promptly and reasonably.
“There is no doubt that I am now in charge. It has now been confirmed by the court that I have the right to be in charge until another order is taken place.
“As of today, I am the acting Chairman of the party and anybody who parades himself apart from myself is acting illegally and I want to tell the whole world that come next Friday.
“The real suit will start when the issue of forgery, conspiracy, and so forth will commence. And from that we will know if actually offences have been committed or not.
“I want to use this opportunity again to tell the whole world that the tribunal that is going on. I want to invite the lawyers that are in charge that are representing Labour party that they should come for briefing.
“They should come and give me update of what is happening in the tribunal within the next 48hours because right now I am the person on the driver seat and I am fully in charge.”
