Suspended self-styled chairman of Labour Party (LP), Bashir Apapa, is insisting that he is still the acting Chairman of the party.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party had on Tuesday suspended Apapa alongside five others over alleged anti-party activities.
The decision was made at the NEC meeting attended by key stakeholders, including the party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, National Assembly members-elect, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC).
Reacting, the self-styled LP leader said: “I’m not suspended”.
According to him, he was never part of the NEC meeting insisting he is still the Chairman of the party.
“I was told (about the suspension) but not invited to the meeting. They (NEC) think I was not supposed to be there.
“As of today, I’m the only legitimate acting chairman of the party,” Apapa disclosed when featured on Channels Television Politics Today on Wednesday.