Lamidi Apapa’s group suspended five executive members, including Julius Abure, the Labour Party’s struggling national chairman, adding another twist to the power struggle.
Recall that on Tuesday in the National Executive Council in Asaba, Delta State, the Abure-led faction suspended five executive members.
The impacted individuals were Lamidi Apapa, the acting party chairman, Alhaji Salem Lawal, Favour Reuben, Gbenga Daramola, Samuel Akingbade, and Mohammed Akali.
The troubled Apapa, however, had insisted that his leadership was legal and had rejected the supposed suspension from the party.
The Apapa faction wrote to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, requesting that he keep Abure and his men in control to prevent the problem from getting worse.
Comrade Abayomi Arabambi, the party’s controversial national publicity secretary, signed the statement.
The NEC meeting in Asaba was referred to be unlawful.
The faction in Apapa suspended Abure and four other Labour Party members.
Apapa explained that the five members’ suspension was due to their attendance at the National Executive Council meeting that was recently called by the beleaguered party chairman, Julius Abure, in Asaba, Delta State.
It named the affected members as Innocent Okeke, National Vice Chairman South East, Kennedy Chigozie Ahanotu, Deputy National Secretary, Dudu Manuga, National Women Leader, and Ayo Olorunfemi, Deputy National Chairman, TUC.
“Peter Obi should stop hanging out with Julius Abure, who has a history of forgery, perjury, and financial misconduct,” it said.
The letter warned Mr. Peter Obi, the NLC, and the TUC leadership to distance themselves from Julius Abure’s forgery, perjury, and criminal conspiracy in order to avoid donning the dishonourable toga of Julius Abure’s corrupt activities.
