Journalist claims Lamidi Apapa is a Babalawo and not Labour Party Acting Leader

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Journalist claims Lamidi Apapa is a Babalawo and not Labour Party Acting Leader.

A picture of the new party chairman with a supporter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been trending on Twitter, with the user claiming that it was clear that Lamidi Apapa was a mole planted by the ruling APC to divide the Labour Party.

 A user named Ike Ihiala accused ‘President-elect’ Bola Tinubu of plotting to use the Labour Party leadership crisis to exacerbate political tension in the country.

He wrote, “RED ALERT: Pa Bashiru Lamidi Apapa, who illegally declared himself Ag. Chairman of Labour Party hails from Oyo State. Born in 1950, Pa Bashiru is 73.

The declaration came after Julius Abure, national chairman of the party, alleged that thugs aided by police officers invaded the party’s headquarters in the federal capital territory (FCT) and caused damage to the property.

However, Abure blamed the alleged thug invasion on the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“Few minutes ago, the national headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja witnessed a massive attack and was broken into by a detachment of the Nigerian Police and thugs believed to be working for the All Progressives Congress,” he said.

Chief Ikukuoma also questioned the new acting chairman’s moral justification for steering the party’s leadership after allegedly working for Tinubu during the 2023 election.

“Lamidi Apapa the self acclaimed Labour party chairman, was expelled from Labour Party in 2014… Him and his colleagues worked for Bola Amoda Tinubu in 2023 Presidential election !!Today he wants to be national chairman,” he said.

 But speaking with reporters at the party’s headquarters on Thursday, Apapa said he has taken over the affairs of the party following a court order restraining Abure from parading himself as chairman of the party.

Apapa said Saleh Lawan is the acting national secretary of the party.