Apapa-led LP faction pardons Obi, Datti, others for attending Asaba NEC meeting

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and running-mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, have been pardoned for attending a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting organized by the Barr Julius Abure-led faction, held last month in Asaba, Delta State capital.

The pardon was announced on Wednesday in Bauchi during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held by the Bashiru Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) held at the Sulgad Hotel in Bauchi. 

According to a communique issued at the end of the NEC meeting, the factional leadership of the LP stated that one of the major resolutiona of the NEC was pardoning and forgiving its 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the Vice Presidential Candidate, Yusuf Datti for attending what it tagged an illegal NEC meeting held on April 18 in Asaba, Delta state