Fresh Crisis Rocks Labour Party As Abure Rejects Appeal Court Judgment, Gives Reason

• The national chairmanship tussle between Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa has further torn the Labour Party
• This is as Abure has rejected the recent court judgement that sacked him and affirmed Apapa as the authentic LP national chairman
• Abure described the media report as 'a piece of fake news' and maintained he remains the chairman of LP

FCT, Abuja - The crisis rocking the Labour Party over its unending leadership tussle has taken a new dimension.

This followed the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Thursday, August 24, which invalidated all the off-season governorship primary elections conducted by the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure.

Legit.ng reported that the court also sacked Abure and affirmed Lamidi Apapa as the authentic chairman of the Labour Party.

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Apapa insisted that the court ruling had reaffirmed that Abure was not the authentic party chairman when the primaries were conducted.

He also described Peter Obi’s recent visit to Imo state to campaign for Senator Athan Achonu as a contempt of a subsisting court order.

But Abure, reacting in an exclusive chat with The PUNCH, said, the media report about his sack as LP's chairman, is nothing short of "fake news", noting the court has no power to look at the case.

“It is nothing but fake news. Let me send you our official reaction to the report. Senator Athan Achonu is our candidate. The lower court said it has no jurisdiction to look at the case ab initio and that the status quo should remain," Abure said.

However, Apapa, factional national chairman of LP, during a press briefing in Abuja, maintained that Abure was still under suspension when he conducted primary elections in three states, saying that formed the basis for the judgment, The Sun newspaper report added.

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Apapa, insisted further that only candidates endorsed by him can feature in the Saturday, November 11, Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo governorship election, Daily Trust reported.

Court of appeal affirms Abure as Labour Party national chairman

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Labour Party's leadership crisis had been resolved by the appeal court in Benin City, the capital of Edo state.

The court affirmed Julius Abure as the authentic national chairman of the party, stating that one man cannot suspend the embattled chairman.

Abure vs Apapa: Court gives final judgement

On Thursday, August 24, the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo state, sacked Julius Abure as the national chairman of LP.

The court, in a ruling on Thursday, affirmed Lamido Apapa as the authentic chairman of the opposition party.

The court also 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 in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states.

Source: Legit.ng