Lagos: Major crisis hits Labour Party as Lamidi Apapa’s men strike

The crisis rocking the Labour Party has continued unabated as a new LP faction led by Mr Olumide Adesoyin emerged in Lagos State.

The Adesoyin-led faction disowned Mrs Dayo Ekong-led Executive Committee (Exco) which led the party into the 2023 General Elections in the state.

Speaking, Adesoyin said that a competence court had warned the general public to desist from dealing with Ekong-led faction anymore in the state.

Adesoyin said the Ekong-led exco was no longer recognised by law, following the sack of the Mr Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, which appointed Ekong-led excos into office.

“It is in the public knowledge that Abure was suspended by members of his ward in Edo State in April 2023, the reason Alhaji Bashiru Lamidi Apapa was called upon to take over the leadership, being the next in line, to rescue the party.

“It would be recalled quickly that the embattled Abure appealed his suspension at the Appeal Court but lost and the case is now listed in the Supreme Court awaiting proceedings and judgment,” he said.

Adesoyin said that it was based on the court judgement that he and his team were given a letter by Apapa in April to act and perform as the executive committee of the Labour Party in Lagos State for three months period.

He said that this was in consonance with the party’s constitution, noting that the three months period would expire by the end of July.

Adesoyin said that the tenure of his own exco had since been renewed by the party’s national body.

He said that notwithstanding the party’s laid down rules and regulations, the Ekong-led exco had been “going about parading themselves as the state executives of the party in manners that is rather alien to our party’s constitution.”

He explained that the need to maintain Labour Party’s respectable name made his exco-led to approach an Ikeja High Court to put Ekong-led exco in check.