Obi backs Abure against impostors now suspended from the party
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi has expressed support for the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, in the LP leadership crisis that has led to the suspension of factional Chairman Lamidi Apapa and others.
Obi announced his choice at the LP National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Asaba.
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Abure to stop parading himself as LP National Chairman a week after a ward in the Edo chapter of the party suspended him over alleged anti-party activities.
Immediately after the court order, LP National Vice Chairman Lamido Apapa, who had been accused of being sponsored by opposition parties, took over as National Chairman in an acting capacity.
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Conflicting court orders
A High Court in Benin also gave an order restraining anyone from removing Abure from office, per reporting by Daily Post.
The crisis took another dimension last week when the police sealed off the LP national secretariat in Abuja.
Asked to comment on the leadership rift in the party and the fate of Abure its Chairman, Obi said: “The case is in court. I have respect for that, but he remains my own man.”