APAGUN TO THE PRESS: STOP FANNING EMBERS OF CONFUSION IN OGUN LABOUR PARTY, STOP PARADING NON-REGISTERED MEMBERS AS CHIEFTAINS

Says Those Paraded As Chieftains Are Not Even Registered Members
Describes Invasion Of Secretariat By Yeye Oluwabukola Soyoye As Calculated Attempt To Undermine Party And Create Room For Transactional Politics

APAGUN 

ABEOKUTA - The authentic Chairman of Labour Party, Ogun State Chapter, *Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde, has warned members of the press to desist from fanning the embers of confusion in the party by parading individuals who are not even registered members as chieftains and leaders of the party.

Apagun gave the warning on Wednesday evening while featuring as a guest on a political programme on *Wise FM 87.9 MHz, Abeokuta*.titled Ojukoro hosted by MC Van Garuba and monitored by the crew of HotNewsNaija

According to him, most of those being paraded by a section of the media as Labour Party chieftains in Ogun State are not even members of the party in the eye of the law and in the record of the party.

"Let me make it clear to the press. Labour Party conducted a nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise. That exercise produced the authentic membership register which is now with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. Those people you parade as chieftains did not participate in that exercise. Their names are not in the register. How can someone who is not a registered member claim to be a chairman, a leader or a chieftain? It is impersonation," Apagun told Wise FM.

He therefore advised journalists to always demand for Labour Party membership card from anyone who comes to them claiming to be a Labour Party leader or office holder.

"Before you publish them, before you give them airtime, ask them: Show us your Labour Party membership card duly signed by your Ward Chairman and Local Government Chairman. Ask them: When did you revalidate your membership? If they cannot produce it, they are impersonators. The press should not help impostors to cause confusion," he warned.

Speaking on the invasion of the party Secretariat at No. 3, Moshood Abiola Way, Asero End, Abeokuta, by former Women Leader, *Yeye Oluwabukola Soyoye*, now of Action Alliance (AA), Apagun described it as a calculated and desperate attempt to undermine the Labour Party and create room for transactional politics.

"What Yeye Soyoye did by breaking into our Secretariat, changing our red and green colours to AA colours, and carting away our properties, or confiscating it is not ordinary. It is a calculated attempt to undermine Labour Party in Ogun State, to destabilize us and make room for their transactional politics. They know 2027 is coming and they want to use Labour Party platform for negotiation and transaction. But we will not allow it."

He explained that the matter has been reported to the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command and the DSS, and expressged confidence that justice will be done and all properties will be recovered.

Apagun used the opportunity to thank the National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Esther Usman, for affirming truth and reaffirming him as authentic Chairman, and called on all genuine members across the 20 Local Governments to remain calm, united and focused on rebuilding and regaining lost ground ahead of 2027.

He concluded by reiterating that the door of reconciliation remains open for genuine members who were misled, but warned that the party will no longer tolerate indiscipline and impersonation.

Two Possible Invasion through Iraq: Tehran Planing Kuwait Invasion as Washington ready to invade Iran

 Iraqi PM Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi has revealed 'US WAR PLANS' discussed with  President Donald Trump for INVADING IRAN through IRAQ.

According Al-Mada report  they also discussed this 'IRANIAN INVASION' of Kuwait with BACKING from Iraqi PRO-IRAN forces.

The PM has reportedly WARNED Iraqi militias against JOINING NEXT US-IRAN WAR — THREATENING ARRESTS BY GOVERNMENT. Iraq could become the road to a US ground war in Iran.

PM Ali al-Zaidi reportedly briefed Shiite leaders on US scenarios, one sending US troops across Iraq into southern Iran

 Another: Iran-aligned militias hit Kuwait from Iraqi soil. He reportedly sent four brigades to Basra to stop that

So can Baghdad stay out of a war fought across its land?

What Baghdad is doing

PM Zaidi says Iraq won't let its land be used against neighbours, and reportedly warned militias of mass arrests. But the militias answer to Tehran, not him

Iran has said:

“Attacking Iran in the middle of negotiations is what is truly illogical and ridiculous.”

Tehran questions Washington’s credibility, pointing to the contradiction between pursuing diplomacy and launching military action.

The US and Israeli war with Iran is far from being over. Report from Israel indicated that the IDF is ready to carry out a unilateral strikes against the Iran's nuclear sites.

Tehran has been up to the US and it's regional allies in this war. As US military are looking for possible ground invasion of the Persia, the Tehran are certainly ready for the worst scenario and may simultaneously invade Kuwait and any other regional allies of the United States including invasion of Israel.

While Trump is pressuring  the Iraqi PM Zaidi , Iranian FM @araghchi has said the US election results have shocked the mediators’ shuttle diplomacy; we need to wait a little.

 According to Iranian FM, There has been no movement over the past few days, and the main reason is the results of the US election, which have ultimately come as a shock to everyone. It will take some time for the situation to calm down and for conditions to become favorable again for mediators to resume their visits. We need to be a little patient.

The US cannot claimed the Monopoly of both the weapons and strategies anymore. Tehran are also on the lookout for counter invasion.

Meanwhile, report by Iranian Observer citing an Iranian journalist Alí Gholhak has it that the US has approved Iran's uranium enrichment plan, per the latest proposal.

The American proposal:

-Iran's 3.67% uranium enrichment on Iranian soil

-Dilution of the 400 kg of 60% uranium in Iran

-Lifting the US naval blockade of Iran,

-Freeing $6–10bn

-Having Iran ending Saudi/Yemen war

-Allowing IAEA inspectors in nuclear sites

-Reopening the strait

Iranians call for nuclear bomb after US-Israeli war as Tehran distributes anti nuclear radiation tablets

New Supreme Leader 

The Persians have been calling for the Islamic Republic of Iran to develop nuclear and atomic weapons following the aftermath of the US and Israel military aggression against the republic.

According to the reports, more Iranian religious leaders, politicians and hardliners are openly demanding for the country to develop nuclear weapons after US and Israeli killed Supreme leader Ali Khamenei in February 2026. 

Iran under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his fatwa banned the development of nuclear weapons for many years.

According to report by the Times, Iran distributes ANTI-RADIATION TABLETS as it prepares for potential NUCLEAR FALLOUT. IODINE TABLETS handed out to communities NEAR NUCLEAR FACILITIES. Pickaxe Mountain may come under nuclear attacks of the US forces.

The United States is offering up to $20 million and possible relocation for information on Iran’s nuclear program, CENTCOM said Friday. 

The reward covers intelligence on nuclear facilities, equipment, personnel, scientists and their movements.

However, during Friday prayers in Tehran, leaders and members of parliament stated if Iran obtains a nuclear bomb, it won't be attacked again.  Currently, Top military officials confirmed the debate is underway with leadership but no final decision yet.

America, Israel and European counterparts only respect any other country with stockpile of arsenal and Iranians want the country to live up to the expectations that will guarantee the security of the Persians.

As potential US strikes are imminent, Iranian Health Ministry official confirmed the distribution of iodine tablets to residents living close to Nuclear facilities. Accord to officials, this was done during every war within 2-3 km radius of such Nuclear sites. They also added Trump can no longer be trusted and may go through with this crime.

Iran distributed about 180000 iodine tablets in Bushehr near its nuclear power plant.

Iodine tablets only protect the thyroid from radioactive iodine rather than shielding against other radioactive. They are standard precautions used around nuclear sites in wartime and accident incidents.

Tehran is signaling US could strike Pickaxe Mountain with nuclear weapon following months of public threats from Trump. Pickaxe Mountain remains hard target to be destroyed by conventional weapons unless nukes are used.

Meanwhile, Tehran has released a list of countries hosting US military bases that could face attacks in an eventual wider conflict.

Iran Names UK, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Greece, Portugal & Cyprus Among Potential Targets. They are all NATO Nations.

The warning signals a potentially dramatic expansion of the Iran US confrontation across Europe and the Middle East. The middle east Arab Nations hosting the US military bases have many stories to tell about Iranian retaliatory missiles strikes hitting their territories.

As the hostilities range on, Iran has fired surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Strait of Hormuz, while its integrated air defense network has also shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Qeshm Island,  Iranian military sources and state media confirmed the report.

In an official statement carried by Tasnim, Iran’s military said the Reaper was intercepted and destroyed using “advanced systems” belonging to its unified air defense network over Hormozgan province. The engagements come just days after U.S. carrier aircraft struck Iranian air-defense launchers on Qeshm Island.

While the US has neither confirmed nor denied the report, President Donald Trump has  stood in front of reporters in West Palm Beach and confirmed US strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island.

He said: "I don't want to talk about it. We do minor strikes, but they built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five."

As anti radioactive iodine is been distributed, Iran issued Code 100, its HIGHEST alert, for all armed forces, per initial reports as he war that is now more than 8 months old.

OGUN LABOUR PARTY CRISIS ENDS AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, NENADI USMAN AFFIRMS APAGUN OLAOLU AS AUTHENTIC CHAIRMAN

...Onabiyi/Sogunle Faction Shuns Abuja Peace Meeting, Gives Flimsy Excuses*_

ABUJA — The protracted leadership crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party has finally been laid to rest as the National Chairman of the party, *Her Excellency, Senator Nenadi Esther Usman*, has affirmed *Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde* as the authentic, legitimate and competent Chairman of the party in Ogun State.

The historic decision was taken at the Truth and Reconciliation meeting convened by the National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday, 20th October, 2026, in Abuja, to resolve all issues threatening the party's preparations for the 2027 general elections.

In attendance were top national officers including Com. Salisu Muhammed (Deputy National Chairman), Com. Quadri Olaleye (Deputy National Chairman, TUC), Hon. Iheanacho Obioma (National Secretary), Mallam Hamisu Santuraki (National Treasurer), Com. Eragbe Anslem (National Financial Secretary), Mrs. Oluchi Oparah (National Organizing Secretary), Com. Segun Akinpelumi (Deputy Youth Leader, South-West), Com. Mazi Ojukwu (SSA to National Chairman) and Hon. Dr. Kingsley Chibuzor Okereke (Presidential9 Candidate), among others.

The legitimate Ogun State Executive, led by Apagun Olaolu, was represented by the Chairman himself, Oloyode Taofiq (State Treasurer) and Olayemi Michael (Chairman, Sagamu LG and Chairman of Chairmen Forum).

In a dramatic twist, the faction led by Alhaji Onabiyi Ibrahim and Dr. Kehinde Sogunle *failed to show up*. No representation, no defence. Flimsy excuses were made for their absence.

"Substantive evidence terminates arguments and establishes the truth," the Publicity Secretary, Kika Glasgow, said in a statement.

According to him, the meeting lasted only 30 minutes because there was no one to defend the petition against the legitimate executive.

After reviewing all facts, documents and evidence, Senator Nenadi Usman took a decisive decision in favour of the Apagun-led executive, putting an end to months of parallel executive and sabotage.

Reacting, the party described the judgment as "a victory for truth, a victory for the rule of law and a victory for every faithful member who sacrificed to build the party."

The party thanked the National Chairman for her wisdom and courage, and called on all members across the 20 LGAs to unite and prepare for 2027, adding that the door of reconciliation remains open for those misled.

THE PRICE OF BETRAYAL: HOW DR. KEHINDE SOGUNLE TRADED OUR PARTY’S FUTURE FOR HIS PDP AMBITION

By Kika Glasgow, Publicity Secretary, Ogun State Labour Party

SOGUNLE

Abeokuta, Ogun State — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the 2027 governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Ogun State. The Labour Party is conspicuously absent. 

Let that sink in.

A party that produced the presidency in the 2023 presidential election in Ogun State. A party that mobilised millions of Nigerian youth, artisans, market women, and the downtrodden. A party built on the sweat and sacrifice of ordinary members across the 20 local government areas of this state.

Today, we have no governorship candidate on the INEC list. Today, we have no House of Assembly candidates on the INEC list. We have been erased from the ballot in Ogun State.

And who is responsible? Dr. Kehinde Sogunle.

THE CHAIN OF EVENTS

We saw this coming.  We unveiled Hon. Mojisola Oluwaseun Ajayi as our consensus governorship candidate for 2027.  We presented candidates for all elective positions through consensus.  We told the world that the Labour Party was one body, one family, ready to rescue Ogun State from political robbers. 

That unity was deliberately sabotaged.

Dr. Kehinde Sogunle, who has never renounced his membership of the Labour Party, proceeded to create a parallel executive led by Alhaji Onabiyi Ibrahim to rival the legitimate executive led by Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde. This parallel structure was not an organic expression of internal democracy. It was a calculated instrument of destruction, designed to create the exact confusion that INEC cited in refusing to recognise our candidates.

Let us be clear about what has happened. A man who is serving as Director-General of the Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation for the PDP—a man who writes publicly praising the PDP template and attacking the APC—has also been holding onto his Labour Party membership while engineering a factional crisis that has now destroyed the Labour Party’s chances in Ogun State.

THE SOGUNLE PLAYBOOK

This is not new. This is the same playbook Dr. Sogunle executed in 2023.

In 2023, he joined the Labour Party, pretending to be a serious contender for the governorship position. When he could not get the ticket, he took the rest of the Labour Party members to form an alliance with the PDP for monetary gain. He received over N230 million in his personal account, disbursed it without transparency, and failed to account for it.

Now, in 2027, he has done it again. But this time, the damage is far worse. This time, he has not just hijacked the party’s money. He has hijacked the party’s very existence.

He created a parallel executive. He caused the internal crisis that led to INEC refusing to recognise our candidates. He has effectively taken the Labour Party off the ballot in Ogun State. And he has done all of this while simultaneously serving as the Director-General of the PDP’s governorship campaign.

The Labour Party in Ogun State has been sacrificed on the altar of Dr. Sogunle’s personal ambition. Thousands of candidates who invested their resources, their time, and their hopes into contesting under our platform have been denied their rightful place on the ballot.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

We have heard the pain in the voice of our members. Comrade Olayemi Olalekan, the Labour Party Chairman of Sagamu Local Government and Chairman of the Chairmen Forum, captured the anguish of the grassroots in his weekend message:

“What is our gain in the Labour Party? What are the benefits of being a member Elupee? Is our labor not in vain? Are all the monies spent simply wasted away, all because of issues and selfish interests? All the travel, night calls, data, recharge cards, etc., seem to be wasted.

He asked the questions that every Labour Party member in Ogun State is asking today: 

 Where is the power of having been in the Labour Party for the past 20 years? Why have our leaders allowed selfish interests to destroy our great party?

These are legitimate questions. And the answer is simple: Dr. Kehinde Sogunle and his co-travellers placed their personal ambition above the collective future of our party.

OUR POSITION: WE ARE ON TOP OF THE SITUATION

To every Labour Party member across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State, we say: be calm. We are on top of the situation.

The legitimate leadership of the Ogun State Labour Party, under State Chairman Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde, is taking all necessary steps to address this crisis. We are exploring every available legal and constitutional avenue to protect the interests of our members and restore the party to its rightful place on the ballot.

We call on all members to remain law-abiding and peaceful. Do not take the law into your own hands. Do not allow yourselves to be provoked by the agents of destruction who are working for the PDP. The courts will settle this. The truth will prevail.

We also call on the National Working Committee of the Labour Party, under the legitimate leadership of National Chairman Senator Nenadi Esther Usman—elected at the historic Umuahia National Convention of 28th April 2026—to intervene decisively.  The National Chairman has already demonstrated her commitment to reconciliation and integration.  We urge her to apply that same spirit here in Ogun State by affirming the legitimate executive led by Apagun Olaolu Samuel Babatunde and sanctioning Dr. Kehinde Sogunle and Alhaji Onabiyi Ibrahim for anti-party activities.

We also call on INEC to review its decision. The Labour Party has candidates. The Labour Party has a legitimate executive. We have candidates.  We should not be denied participation in the 2027 elections because one man chose to serve two masters.

TO THE PEOPLE OF OGUN STATE 

> The people of Ogun State have seen the true colours of Dr. Kehinde Sogunle. A man who lectures the public about institutional integrity while destroying the institutions of the party that gave him a platform. A man who preaches about prebendalism while practising the very transactional politics he condemns.

The Labour Party remains the authentic vehicle for the emancipation of the masses. We may have been temporarily knocked down, but we are not out. We are rebuilding. We are reconciling. And we will return stronger.

Dr. Sogunle may have sold our party’s yesterday for thirty pieces of silver. But that of today and tomorrow shall be redeemed and secured henceforth.

E-Signed,

Kika Glasgow

Publicity Secretary, Ogun State Labour Party

October 11, 2026

At Last, Labour Party National Catches Up With Divisive Barrister Affiong, Suspends Her As The Lagos State Chair

 The Labor Party National leadership has suspended the self-styled and deceitful Lagos State Chairman of the Party Barrister Affiong L. Affiong and Secretary.

The national leadership reconstituted new state working committee for the  with Comrade Bamishe as the new state chairman for Lagos State Labour party.

What the Nenadi Usman led national leadership condoned or failed to acknowledged about Barrister Affiong and Madam Nike Oriola Job divisiveness have paralyzed the party in the south west zone.  The atrocities committed by the dou in grinding the party to a state of halt in the region knows no bound, although there is nothing to write home about the other zones too since the national convention in Abia State when states leaderships were wrongly jectitioned in the name of reconciliation with Barrister Julius Abure factions.

Read the details of her suspension and constitution of a new state working committee by the LP national 

The Labour Party in Nigeria needs a total rebuilding with people of genuine intentions and good characters as the current leadership both at the states and national are full of defective and deceitful elements unworthy to front for the party.

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