Suspended LP Chairman, Abure, Resumes At Party’s Secretariat Amid Tight Security
- Labour Party chairman, Julius Abure on Monday, April 17, resumed at the LP's secretariat in Abuja amid suspension drama
- Upon his resumption, Abure was accompanied by tight security at the complex as he hosted the president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero and his team
- Meanwhile, the FCT high court, Abuja, ordered Abure to stop parading himself as the national chairman of the party after a ward in Edo state suspended him and some officials over alleged anti-party activities
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The suspended national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, on Monday, April 17, resumed his office amid tight security.
Abure, who was expected to host the president of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero and his team, arrived at the secretariat at about 12:41 pm.
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Daily Trust observed that immediately after Abure entered, the security operatives attached to him and those manning the place quickly locked the main gate of the party’s building.
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2023 polls: Winner emerges in Kogi state Labour Party governorship primary
In a different report, the Kogi state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) declared Barrister Adejo Okeme its governorship candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial polls.
Okeme won the LP Kogi state primary election with a landslide victory after polling 127 votes, almost double the vote of second place Isaac Alfa, who polled 69 votes.
The declaration of Okeme, who hails from the Kogi East senatorial district, was made on Saturday, April 15, in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital.
FG speaks on alleged intervention in Peter Obi's detention in London
The federal government of Nigeria has denied news making the rounds that it intervened in the detention ordeal of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in London, United Kingdom.
A fake photo had gone viral on social media on Thursday, April 13, purportedly showing the executive chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, seated in an office with Obi and a UK law enforcement officer in order to secure the LP presidential candidate’s release from detention.
Also, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, also tweeted on Thursday, implying that the federal government intervened in Peter Obi’s ordeal to secure his release.
Source: Legit.ng