The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party has described Justice Hamman Barka of the Court of Appeal as a threat to democracy. It said Apapa had appealed an Appellate Court judgment reinstating Julius Abure as Labour Party chairman. Dr Abayomi Arabambi, the National Publicity Secretary of the party faction in a statement on Sunday faulted some pronouncements of the Appeal Court.
The embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Julius Abure and his national executive committee may be charged with forgery, conspiracy and perjury. This comes as they were indicted in a police investigation on the alleged forgery of signatures of candidates who won party primaries but had their tickets given to other persons.
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has been accused of forging documents to commit fraud and replace the name of a genuine House of Representatives candidate with that of someone who did not participate in the primary election. Abure was again accused of forging the signature of the House of Representatives candidate for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in Edo State, Murphy Imasuen on a letter to ensure the name of a former House of Assembly Speaker, Elizabeth Uyinmwen Ativie is enlisted by the Independent National Electoral Commission.