A’Court sacks Abure ,affirms Apapa as LP national chairman
The confusion over the leadership of Labour Party (LP) continued on Thursday as a Court of Appeal in Owerri sacked Julius Abure as National Chairman of the party.
Also, the court, in the same judgement, recognised Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the party.
The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee (NWC) in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states.
The court also dismissed Senator Athan Achonu, the governorship candidate of Imo State and others from the Abure-led faction of the LP.
The ruling was coming against the judgment of Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City on 14 April which affirmed Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.
Also, a State High Court sitting in Edo had also dismissed the notice of suspension of Abure by some members of Labour Party at his ward in Edo State.
