A faction of the Labour Party has responded to the recent allegations made by former presidential candidate Peter Obi regarding the payment of polling unit agents during the 2023 presidential election. Publicity Secretary, Dr. Abayomi Arabambi in a statement labeled Obi and his associates as people in need of an urgent psychiatric evaluation
According to Dr Arabambi, Obi is wrong to claim victory the February 18th, 2023 presidential election without the required pooling unit result forms (EC8A). He accused the former Anambra state governor, and his associates, including Akin Osuntokun and Julius Abure, of resorting to verbal attacks against the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, and the national executive comittee.
He said: “Labour party attention was particularly drawn to a statement In an exclusive interview granted by one Dementia patient Akin Osuntokun who said Peter Obi was not in a position to pay all LP obedient polling agents during the 2023 presidential election
“According to him , Peter Obi never had the money to do so and thus they had to narrow it down to where he can pay and drop those agents in several thousands pooling units where they can’t pay. This statement has confirmed the obvious that this Ethically Rusty and Morally Depraved mind has lost his cognitive function of thinking, remembering and reasoning to such a dangerous extent that it has now permanently interferes with his act of making public statements that has ultimately made him one of the worst addition to human race
Recall that Akin Osuntokun, had claimed that Peter Obi did not have the funds to pay all Labour Party pooling unit agents, leading to a selective payment strategy for the election. In reaction, Dr Arabambi said Osuntokun had lost cognitive function and making statements that are detrimental to his reputation.
“For the records, we would not have dignify this purile lies from this normadic political misfits and bystanders but for the benefit of the general public who might be mislead to think it’s a statement made in their interest
“Form EC8A is the most popular sheet INEC uses for recording at polling unit. It is the most important sheet because it is the first result sheet. Labour party likes to remind this incoherent and thoroughly demystified demented political scavenger that out of the 189,180 total list of polling unit and collation centre agents that was used for the presidential, National Assembly and Governorship election ,a total of one million five hundred and seventy four thousand,three hundred and one (1,574,301) party polling unit agents and 68,057 collation agents were submitted to INEC by political parties.
“With the above data from INEC , it’s obvious Labour party managed by under grossly incompetent Julius Abure and Peter Obi has already conceded defeat to the APC in 54,306 pooling units across the country, a sort of Christian wake keep for LP presidential mandate: Arabambi noted.
The factional Publicity Secretary therefore accused Peter Obi and Julius Abure of jointly presiding over the “interment” of the Labour Party’s presidential mandate, referring to the confession of the former Director General of LP PCC about the party’s inability to pay all remaining pooling unit agents.
The press statement also takes a swipe at Peter Obi’s legal strategy during the election petition tribunals, highlighting failures to provide sufficient evidence and the rejection of documents by the Presidential Tribunal. The Labour Party asserts that Peter Obi’s attempt to challenge the election results lacked substance and failed to convince the judiciary.
He queried: “How does anyone claim to have won an election based solely on pejoratives, assumption,vague rhetorics and zero evidence pointing to such being the case ,but on the expectation that the actual winner would be disqualified and by some stroke of black magic the candidate in the 3rd place will suddenly be declared winner , without any proof of having scored the Majority vote is absolute rascality on display by Peter Obi and Julius Abure and their blind allies
“Labour party is now specifically demanding the Publication of the audited statement of account from a reputable auditor in the sum N19.67 billion Naira received before the Presidential election and N12B Naira and $15 million dollars remaining after the last presidential election, including other national and international donations received” He said Labour Party demands the publication of Peter Obi’s audited statement of account, accusing him of attempting to undermine the credibility of the party and its leadership. Dr. Arabambi calls for a retraction of the “reckless statements” made by Peter Obi, Julius Abure, and Akin Osuntokun and suggests that they prostrate to President Tinubu, the judiciary, and Nigerians.
The statement also denied any merger talks with the PDP and NNPP, emphasizing the Labour Party’s commitment to resisting any illegal merger attempts.
