“TINUBU MUST BE SWORN IN, OBI’S REQUEST UNCONSTITUTIONAL” – LP FACTION
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The Labour Party faction led by Lamidi Apapa has distanced itself from calls for an interim government and agitations that President-elect Bola Tinubu should not assume office on May 29 until the Presidential Election Tribunal, which is based in Abuja, has ruled on the petitions that have been filed.
This was contained in a statement issued by the faction of the party in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, by spokesman, Abayomi Arabambi, claiming that swearing-in Tinubu “may not have any impact on the ongoing legal tussle on the presidential election involving our party, APC and INEC.”
According to Arabambi, the Electoral Act and the Constitution of Nigeria did not give room for a vacuum, “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.”
Arabambi asserted, referencing the constitution’s sections 136 and 146, “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.”
Arabambi stated that the LP would continue to pursue its case in court.
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