Apapa confirmed as LP National Chairman by Appeal Court, who dismisses Abure.

Lamido Apapa was named the new national chairman of the Labour Party on Thursday after Julius Abure was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State.

Additionally, the court directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to promptly recognize and publish the names of each candidate for governor in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states who was put out by the Apapa-led National Working Committee.

Additionally, the court disqualified additional members of the Abure-led LP faction, including Imo State Senator Athan Achonu, from running for governor.

Apapa claimed in April that his expulsion from the party was erroneous and that he was still the ‘legal acting chairman.’

It was reported on August 14 that Abure had been confirmed as the National Chairman of the Labour Party by a Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the capital of Edo State. Obiora Ifoh, the party’s national publicity secretary, revealed this in a statement.

Prior to this, on May 26, The PUNCH reported that an Edo-based State High Court had denied the notice of suspension that some party members at the ward level had issued against Abure. Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, the judge, dismissed the case for lack of merit.