The Labour Party’s leadership crisis came to a head on Thursday as seven members of the National Working Committee of the party, announced the National Vice-Chairman (South), Lamidi Bashir Apapa, as the acting chairman of the party, replacing the suspended chairman, Julius Abure.
Some Labour Party supporters have taken to social media, particularly Twitter, to tackle the party’s new acting chairman, Pa Bashiru Lamidi Apapa, for allegedly working against the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the February election.
It was earlier reported that the Labour Party’s leadership crisis came to a head on Thursday as seven members of the National Working Committee of the party, announced the National Vice-Chairman (South), Lamidi Bashir Apapa, as the acting chairman of the party, replacing the suspended chairman, Julius Abure.
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.
“Pray tell, why Nigeria’s most notorious drug baron, Bobo Chicago, is using 73 years old Pa Bashiru to further heat Nigeria’s political firmament?
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.
“The APC mole Lamidi Apapa should be acting babalawo roles in Yoruba movies.
“Labour Party Chairman. Una miss road? It is Comrade Julius Abure we know!!!,” another LP supporter, NKEM added on his Twitter page.
