Tribunal judgements: Upset in LP over massive sack of lawmakers

<p>The Labour Party, LP, has emerged as one of the biggest casualties of the ongoing State and National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.</p>, <p>DAILY POST reports that tribunals sitting in different states of the country have sacked many of the elected members of the party in Edo, Abia, Enugu, among others, over the discrepancy surrounding their membership of the party and their mode of nomination.</p>, <p>Rising as one of the main opposition political parties in the 2023 general elections, the LP was able to claim some House of Representatives and Senatorial seats in some states.</p>, <p>The milestone of the LP in the general elections was unprecedented considering that the party came from obscurity to gain popularity.</p>, <p>Many saw this as a revolutionary movement that captured the heart of the youths at a time Nigerians yearned for a change.</p>, <p>Before 2023, the Labour Party had existed for over 20 years as a pro-workers political organisation.</p>, <p>But it made inroads into mainstream politics within just eight months.</p>, <p>The party rode on the fame and acceptance of Peter Obi, its flagbearer during the general elections, by an overwhelming youth majority known as ‘Obidients’.</p>, <p>Obi lost the presidential election after having won 12 states, including Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.</p>, <p>He shocked many after challenging the two previously dominant parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to win a total of 6,101,533 votes.</p>, <p>APC’s Bola Tinubu won the contest with 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP came second, securing 6,984,520 votes.</p>, <p>The Labour Party, however, was able to win one governorship seat, with Alex Otti emerging victorious in Abia State.</p>, <p>The Party clinched eight senatorial seats and 34 seats in the House of Representatives.</p>, <p>With this number, the Peter Obi-led political party became the third most popular party in the National Assembly.</p>, <p>A