Sodiq Mojibola
Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party has called on the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) to arrest the Peter Obi’s Abure-led faction of the Party and investigate Obi’s link to the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) and other terrorist groups.
The call for the arrest of Julius Abure and the investigation of Obi’s link to the IPOB was made following a statement credited to the Obi’s Abure-led faction of the party from the spokesperson, Obiorah Ifoh.
This was obtained in a press statement from the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Abayomi Arabambi, of the Lamidi Apapa faction.
The statement titled, “the adulterated sore losers Peter Obi/Julius Abure lose morals & embarrassing easy virtues: a timely call for their arrest and prosecution for treason” accused the Obi/Abure faction of “entrenching corruption and terrorism.”
Obiorah had earlier commented on behalf of the Abure-led faction on the suspension of embattled Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele by the Federal Government, describing it as unconstitutional and that it didn’t follow due process.
Arabambi’s statement which dated 12th June, 2023 reads in part: “Gentlemen of the Press, Labour Party’s attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Peter Obi /Abure-led faction of the Labour Party Spokesperson, Obiorah Ifoh where he irresponsibly claimed that the suspension approved by the President and Commander in Chief of armed forces, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) is unconstitutional, vindictive, not in good taste.
“We therefore called on DSS and other security agencies to distinctly carry out their investigation workout any hindrance and inform the public of their findings as Nigerians are waiting patiently to know why they were so impoverished under the policy reel out by Emefiele.
“We, therefore, call on the Inspector General of Police to arrest and investigate Julius Abure, and Obi’s link with the IPOB and other terrorist groups to save the country from the clandestine move of the separatist group in plunging the country into unnecessary war or crisis.”
Arabambi accused Obi and Abure of misappropriation of campaign funds worth N12 billion and $15 million during the cash crunch crisis.
Explaining further, he said that Emefiele’s monetary policies which subjected Nigerians to hardship, may truly be in sponsorship of Obi’s presidential bid as rumours have it.
He said, “Or how will Abure/ Obi convince Nigerians that while Nigerians are in the quagmire of the scarcity of cash, Peter Obi and Julius Abure have enough money stolen from the LP campaign fund which they spend anyhow?
“It’s on records that Peter Obi and Julius Abure criminally appropriated to themselves an illegal labour party campaign fund to the tune of N12b and $15m the fund they had access to during the inglorious days of the grossly incompetent stints of the suspended CBN Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele through the deliberate affliction of pain and agony on the generality of Nigerians.
“We were all living witnesses to the travails of Nigerians to the different anti masses policies rolled out to Nigerians by the embattled CBN Governor, and as a responsible Party, we will not just sit down and condemn a lawful inquiry into the years of the inglorious and corrupt reign of Emefiele, but rather called on the relevant security agencies to properly look into the action and deeds of the Ex-Gov.
“The Obiorah statements are laced with tribalism, egocentrism and nepotism, and what this tells us is that all the rumours that Emefiele was part of those that sponsored the Presidential bid of Peter Obi may be true after all.
“For the first time in Nigeria’s history, a sitting Central Bank Governor was seen dabbling into politics, yet Obiorah never sees the reason why he must be investigated and prosecuted if found guilty.
“As a Party, we will not support any acts of witch hunting, nor support any move to suppress good moves at getting to the root of Nigeria’s economic crisis under Emefiele.”
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