The factional chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has stated that talks are ongoing to resolve the party’s crisis.
He stated that the LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the party’s leadership are working tirelessly to resolve the crisis.
Apapa dropped these hints while answering Arise Television’s News program questions on Friday.
According to him;
Well, the leaders of the party (LP), including our principal, the presidential candidate (Peter Obi), is also working on it. We are expecting him to call a meeting and once that meeting is called, we sit down and resolve the matter.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that Apapa’s faction suspended five executive members of the LP, including the embattled National Chairman, Julius Abure.
Also, the Abure-led faction suspended five executive members at the National Executive Council in Asaba, Delta State.
Lamidi Apapa, the party’s acting Chairman, Salem Lawal, Favour Reuben, Gbenga Daramola, Samuel Akingbade, and Mohammed Akali were suspended.