Abure, Apapa Clash over Imo Appeal Court Ruling

The Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa-led factions of the Labour Party have disagreed over a ruling of an Appeal Court, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Thursday.

While Apapa and his supporters claim that the court dismissed Abure as National Chairman and affirmed their candidate as the authentic chairman, the Abure-led Labour Party dismissed such claims as fake news.

According to reports emanating from the Apapa-led camp, the Appeal Court also dismissed the governorship and other candidates sponsored by the Abure-led National Working Committee while affirming Apapa’s leadership of the party.

In response, the LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh said in a statement in Abuja, that facts about what transpired in court have been distorted.

He called Lamidi Apapa’s camp attention seeking and accused them of misinformeing the public by twisting the clear judgement of the appellate court.

He stated that neither the Federal High Court Owerri nor the Court of Appeal Owerri, which sat in Abuja made any orders in the matter other than for lack of locus standi against one Basil Maduka who brought a case against the party’s candidate in imo state.

Consequently, the status quo remains with Senator Athan Achonu as the validly nominated candidate of Labour Party for 2023 Imo governorship election.