Obi Did Not Advocate For A Boycott Or A Delay Of The Presidential Inauguration - LP

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as president on May 29. The Labour Party leadership has distanced its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from claims that he sought for the postponement of that ceremony.

Obiora Ifoh, the party's acting national publicity secretary, released the response on Thursday in Abuja.

Remember that the Lamidi Apapa-led wing of the LP disclosed that his group was not among those pushing for a change in Tinubu's oath of office while the petitions before the Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja were being decided?

He claims that his position has never changed and that the inauguration "may not have any impact on the ongoing legal tussle on the presidential election involving our party, APC, and INEC."

The Electoral Act and the Nigerian Constitution, according to Lamidi, who said through Abayomi Arabambi, the faction's spokesperson, "do not allow for a vacuum."

He spoke, ""What Peter Obi is crying for is not supported by the law. A refusal to swear-in Tinubu as President on May 29, will create a vacuum in the system, saying the law does not allow this.

"Even Peter Obi once benefitted from the system of being sworn into office despite pending petitions filed against him before the tribunal by Andy Uba. The law has to be complied with, which is to swear in Tinubu as president, and if anybody wants to change the narrative, they will have to change the law.

"So whether the president-elect is sworn in or not, there is right to remove him legally if it is found out that he was not duly elected."

Reacting to his claim in a statement titled "Apapa's statement on 'swearing in' reflecting Hand of Esau, Voice of Jacob", Ifoh denied that his principal ever raised such issue whether in a private or public conversation.