Apapa’s LP Faction Unveils Another Candidate

Less than 24 hours after Olumide Akpata emerged as candidate of the Julius Abure-led national leadership of the Labor Party for the September 21 Edo State governorship election, the LamidiApapa-led faction has also unveiled its candidate for the election.

Akpata was declared the party’s candidate in a governorship primary by the Deputy Governor of Abia State, Eng Ikechukwu Emetu, on Friday in Benin City.

The immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association was declared candidate with 316 votes to defeat other aspirants.

However, the Apapa-led faction of the party in a letter dated February 22, 2024 and addressed to the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, in Abuja submitted the names of the party’s candidate and deputy governorship candidate respectively.

The letter sighted in several media platforms including the WhatsApp group of the Labor Party in Edo State was signed by LamidiApapa as the Acting National Chairman and Saleh Lawan as the Acting National Secretary.

He gave the names of the governorship candidate as Anderson Uwadiae Asemota while his running mate is Monday Ojore Mawah.

Apapa said the governorship candidate and his running mate emerged at a primary conducted on February 22, 2024 in Benin City.