The Labour Party (LP) has disowned Abayomi Arabambi, who instituted a lawsuit against the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) over the academic records of former Anambra State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The party said Arabambi was no longer a member of the LP, having been suspended by its National Executive Council (NEC), with the decision subsequently ratified by the party’s National Convention.
LP National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. 
Asogwa said the party initially refrained from commenting when reports of the lawsuit surfaced on social media but was compelled to respond after mainstream media organisations described Arabambi as an LP chieftain.
He stressed that the party’s position was limited to clarifying Arabambi’s status and did not amount to an endorsement or rejection of the claims contained in the suit.
According to him, the LP NEC, on March 18, 2026, suspended 25 members over alleged infractions, including anti-party activities, with Arabambi among those affected.
The suspension, he said, was later ratified by the party’s National Convention, its highest decision-making organ, on April 28, 2026.
“Following the said ratification, the affected members ceased to be members of the Party,” Asogwa said.
He added that no organ of the party had subsequently reversed or reviewed the decision.
“It is therefore against this background that the Labour Party wishes to inform the general public, and particularly the media, that Abayomi Arabambi is not a member of the Labour Party and could not have instituted any action in court as a member of the Party, having long severed ties with the Labour Party,” he said.
The party spokesman further warned that any attempt by Arabambi to present himself as an LP chieftain or representative was unauthorised.
He described such representation as potentially amounting to impersonation, saying the matter was already being reviewed by the party’s lawyers.
Asogwa said the legal team was considering “appropriate legal and other steps,” including the possibility of petitioning relevant law enforcement agencies.
He also clarified that Peter Obi himself was no longer a member of the Labour Party.
However, the LP spokesman stressed that the party’s statement should not be interpreted as taking a position on the substance of Arabambi’s court action against Obi.
He said the party was only concerned with correcting what it described as the erroneous portrayal of Arabambi as a current LP member or chieftain.
“The statement has no bearing whatsoever on the validity or otherwise of the claims contained in his suit against Obi before the court,” Asogwa added.
