The Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has unveiled fresh candidate for the Edo State governorship race.
This was contained in a letter signed by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa as the Acting National Chairman and Alhaji Saleh Lawan as the Acting National Secretary.
This came hours after Barrister Olumide Akpata emerged as the candidate of the Julius Abure-led national leadership.
Recall that Akpata was declared the party’s candidate in a governorship primary by the Deputy Governor of Abia State, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, on Friday in Benin City.
According to Daily Post, 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 faction gave the names of the governorship candidate as Barrister Anderson Uwadiae Asemota while his running mate is Barrister Monday Ojore Mawah.
Apapa said the governorship candidate and his running mate emerged at a primary conducted on February 22, 2024 in Benin City.
When contacted on phone, Apapa confirmed the letter.
“He simply said, “Yes it is true. The letter is from us.”
