Obi’s Credentials: Labour Party Disowns Ex-Publicity Secretary Arabambi’s Lawsuits 

The Labour Party (LP) has distanced itself from its former National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, following his legal action seeking access to the academic and service records of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

The party, in a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, said Arabambi was no longer a member of the LP.

Asogwa explained that Arabambi was among 25 members suspended by the party’s National Executive Council in March 2026 over alleged anti-party activities.

According to him, the suspension was later ratified by the party’s National Convention on April 28, 2026, after which the affected members ceased to be members of the Labour Party.

The clarification followed reports identifying Arabambi as an LP chieftain in connection with lawsuits he filed against the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over records relating to Obi’s credentials.

The party said it would not comment on the merits of the cases, particularly because Obi is no longer a member of the Labour Party.

Asogwa said, “While the Labour Party wishes to refrain from commenting on the substance or otherwise of the litigant’s case before the court, particularly as Mr Peter Obi is not a member of the Party, we wish to notify the general public that Abayomi Arabambi is not a member of the Labour Party.”

He added that no organ of the party had revisited or reversed the decision taken against Arabambi and the other affected members.

“Since the decision to suspend and subsequently expel the affected members, no organ of the Party has sat to revisit or reverse the decision concerning the expelled members,” he said.

The LP spokesman consequently warned that Arabambi had no authority to speak or act on behalf of the party.

“If Arabambi has presented himself to the public as a chieftain or representative of the Labour Party, the general public is hereby notified that such representation is entirely unauthorised and, prima facie, amounts to impersonation,” Asogwa said.

He disclosed that the party’s lawyers were examining the matter and could take legal action against Arabambi, including petitioning law enforcement agencies.

The Labour Party’s statement came barely a day after the NDC also rejected Arabambi’s suits and challenged him to produce evidence indicating that Obi’s academic credentials were questionable.

Arabambi had instituted three separate suits before the Federal High Court in Abuja against WAEC, UNN and the NYSC under the Freedom of Information Act.

The suits seek orders compelling the institutions to release official records concerning certificates allegedly issued to Obi.

However, Arabambi maintained that he was not asking the court to determine whether the certificates Obi submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2027 presidential election were genuine or forged.

Rather, he said his request was aimed at obtaining existing records from the relevant institutions through which the status and details of the certificates could be established.