Politics
Appeal Court Sacks, Affirms Apapa as LP National Chairman
THE Court of Appeal in Owerri Thursday sacked Julius Abure as Labour Party – LP, National Chairman.
AfriqueCAN reports that the court of Appeal in Benin, Edo State, had affirmed Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party on August 14.
The court in the same judgement also 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 appellate court also dismissed the governorship candidate of Imo State, Senator Athan Achonu and others from the Abure-led faction of the Labour Party.