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Appeal Court in Owerri sacks Abure, affirms Apapa as LP National Chairman

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure, and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour 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 […]

Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo’s November gov polls: INEC takes position between LP’s Abure and Apapa factions

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Following two contradictory high court rulings over leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria, the Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the party have been at loggerheads over who is the recognised National Chairman of the Party. The power tussle snowballed into holding factional primaries to produce candidates who will participate in the […]

Disregard Apapa, other betrayers’ letters seeking to withdraw Obi’s, others’ cases against Tinubu, others ―Labour Party tells election tribunals

April 26, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Labour Party (LP) has on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]