•Apapa and Abure
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure, yesterday carpeted the plan by Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the party to conduct governorship primary election in Edo State, saying all the decided court cases across the country on the leadership crisis in the party point to the fact that he remains the authentic national chairman of the LP.
Speaking to journalists in Benin City, Abure also said the issues bordering on factions in the party have been laid to rest by the judgment of the Supreme Court, which emphatically stated that Apapa lacked the locus to act on behalf of the party, including throwing up candidates for election, reports Vanguard.
He was reacting to some issues raised by Dr Abayomi Arabambi in his recent interview with the Channels Television on the crisis in the party and maintained that the interim order by the FCT High Court, which has expired cannot be superior to judgments delivered by both Appeal and High courts.
Abure maintained that “if we single out the case in FCT, the case in FCT was an interim order and based on the rules of the FCT High Court, that court order no longer has life after seven days. In the instance case, it has lapsed except it is extended or renewed and it is not to our knowledge that it is renewed.
“You must also note that the FCT High Court itself by Justice Muazu has stayed the proceedings and the order since their appeal has been entered in the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal has equally also stayed the order and the proceedings in the FCT High Court pending the hearing and determination of a matter at the Court of Appeal.”
