The confusion over the leadership of Labour Party, LP continued on Thursday as a Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State removed Julius Abure as the National chairman of the party.
The appellate court consequently recognized Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party and the one the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC should deal with in terms of candidates of the party for the coming Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections among others.
Consequently, the court also ordered INEC to immediately recognise and publish the names of the candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states for the governorship election.
The court annulled the candidature of Senator Athan Achonu for the governorship of Imo State and others produced for the other states by the Abure-led LP faction.
The ruling was coming against the judgment of Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City on 14 April which affirmed Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.
Also, a State High Court sitting in Edo had also dismissed the notice of suspension of Abure by some members of Labour Party at his ward in Edo State.
