“Are they not the supporters of Obi that he brought to the court that they should beat me up?” he said.
Amidst jeers, pushes and shoves, they argued that Mr Apapa was not a representative of their party and hence would not be allowed to speak on its affairs to journalists.
Mr Apapa said that justice had taken its natural course, saying that the judge acted in line with true justice.
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, its national deputy chairman (South).
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will resist any attempt to hijack or sabotage the Labour Party.
“We were at the screening yesterday when we learnt that some people constituted themselves in the party’s secretariat to screen some candidates for the elections.”
“I think the Obidient movement are on my side. Let me tell you this when you say Obidient side (movement), are they not Nigerians? We are all Nigerians.”
