Labour Party Has No Faction – Julius Abure

Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party, and the other three members of the national executive have declared their intention to rejoin the secretariat of the party.

One month ago, Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal High Court in Abuja barred them from posing as party national officers.

The judge ordered that Abure, his National Secretary Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim, National Organising Secretary Clement Ojukwu, and one other person should no longer be recognized as party executives.

The injunction was obtained after Chief James Ogwu Onoja (SAN) told the court that the concerned national officers were accused of forging multiple FCT High Court documents to conduct illegal substitutions in the just-concluded 2023 general elections.

He added that these documents, which the party leaders allegedly used to carry out criminal operations, included receipts, seals, and court declarations.

However, following an application for stay at the Court of Appeal, Abure declared to journalists at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday that all suspended national executive members have officially returned to the secretariat.

Despite the fact that Lamidi Apapa had been appointed as the new leader of the Labour Party, he denied allegations that it had fractured into factions.

“It has become imperative for me to address this press conference to properly put the legal issues surrounding the leadership of the party in proper perspective.” It is pertinent to state categorically that the Labour Party has no faction. It has only one leadership, and that leadership is the National Working Committee led by myself, Barrister Julius Abure.”