On Wednesday, the Presidential Election Petition court declined to recognize any member of the Labour Party other than the first petitioner, Peter Obi, who was there.
Prior to the court’s resumption of its hearings, it may have been hinted to the Justice Haruna Tsammani-presiding court that there was a dispute between two factions of the party.
When the subject was called, Dudu Manuga, the National Women’s Leader of the Party who was seated close to Obi, also rose up to proclaim their arrival.
Before the court could enter Manuga’s name on the list, Lamidi Apapa hurriedly stood to announce his presence as the Labour Party representative.
However, Justice Haruna interjected and said, ” It appears there was a little disagreement… We are not recognizing any representative from the party.”
Earlier on, factions of the Labour Party could be sighted at the PEPC Court, engaging in a war of words over which faction is the authentic one.
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The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the LP was challenging why members of the party loyal to Julius Abure were in the court.
They asserted that the ruling of a High Court of the FCT, suspending the Abure-led faction, remains.
The court rose on the last adjourned date for the continuation of the pre-hearing of Peter Obi’s petition.
The drama which could have interfered with today’s proceedings appears to have been arrested with this intervention.
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