Deputy Chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has again appeared in court hearing the petition of its presidential candidate in February 25 election, Peter Obi.
Apapa’s presence was problematic on Wednesday as he was harassed by aggrieved party members who rejected his leadership of the party following the suspension of its Chairman.
Obi is also in court on Friday, with no correspondence yet between them.
Meanwhile. the National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, and three other national executive members, on Thursday, announced their return to the party secretariat.
As ‘The PUNCH’ reports, the development is coming one month after they were barred by Justice Hamza Muazu of Federal High Court in Abuja from parading themselves as national officers of the party.
The judge ruled that Abure; his National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim; National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and one other, should no longer be given recognition as party executives.
Speaking on Thursday on his return, Abure said, “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 perspectives. It is pertinent to state categorically that Labour Party has no faction. It has only one leadership and that leadership is the National Working Committee led by myself, Barrister Julius Abure.”
