10/5/2025
Senate president Godswill Akpabio has been raked by the Obedient Movement, over his remark Peter Obi couldn’t keep his Labour Party together, yet he wants to rule Nigeria.
But the Obidient Movement a support group for Mr Obi accused Senator Akpabio and his party the All-Progressives Congress of being the destabilising force behind the crisis in the Labour Party.
According to a statement made available to the media by Nana Kazaure who is the Obidient Movement director of communications and media, the APC is propping up the sacked Labour Party national chairman Mr. Julius Abure who has refused to leave his position.
“It is well known that the President of the 10th Senate is not particularly renowned for the substance or depth of his public utterances. However, we did not anticipate that he would descend to such an embarrassing low.
“For the benefit of Senator Akpabio, the internal issues within the Labour Party were duly taken before the courts by stakeholders of the party, under the leadership of Mr. Peter Obi.
“The Supreme Court – the highest court in the land – gave a clear and unambiguous ruling, affirming that the individual currently parading himself as the party chairman is doing so illegally.
“Rather than comply with the court’s directive, this usurper has been emboldened by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which continues to provide him with state security cover. These actions have rendered the Senate President’s insinuation that Mr. Obi isoverwhelmed by intra-party crises not only disingenuous but also hypocritical.”
Kazaure added that: “It is deeply ironic and unbecoming for Senator Akpabio to publicly highlight a situation his own party has played a key role in manufacturing and sustaining. If anything, his comments serve only to advertise his complicity in the artificial and externally-driven disruptions to the Labour Party.
“There is, in fact, no crisis within the Labour Party. What persists is the shameless interference of the APC – Senator Akpabio’s party – in facilitating the illegal tenure of Julius Abure, despite the clear ruling of the Supreme Court.”
