Appeal Court sacks Abure as Labour Party’s national chairman

<p>There is confusion as the Court of Appeal in Owerri on Thursday sacked Julius Abure as Labour Party National Chairman.</p>, <p>Also, the court, in the same judgement, recognised Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the party.</p>, <p>The court 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 (NWC) in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states.</p>, <p>The court also dismissed Senator Athan Achonu, the governorship candidate of Imo State and others from the Abure-led faction of the Labour Party.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that the Court of Appeal in Benin, Edo State, had on August 14 affirmed Abure as the chairman of LP.</p>