Leadership of the crisis – ridden Labour Party (LP) has taken a new dimension as Court of Appeal on Thursday sacked Julius Abure as the national chairman of the party.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo state’s capital, therefore, recognized Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the LP.
It also dismissed the governorship candidature of Senator Athan Achonu of Imo State, and others belonging to the Abure-led LP faction.
It also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission 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.