JUST IN: Appeal court affirms Abure as LP chairman, Apapa faction kicks

By
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis

A Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.

This was disclosed in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh.

The case with No: CA/B/93/2023, which was filed by Mr. Lucky Shaibu against Abure and five others, was dismissed after a unanimous decision by Justice Abadua, Fatima Akinbami and Sybil O. Nwaka-Gbagi.

The plaintiff, Shauibu who was a member of the Labour Party Executive in Ward 3 in Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, had allegedly suspended the chairman of the Labour Party.


However, in his lead judgment, Justice Abadua affirmed the decision of the High Court of Edo State and held that one man cannot suspend the national chairman of LP in line with Articles 13 and 17 of the Constitution of the Party and the extant Electoral Act of 2022.

In a swift reaction to the judgment, an excited Abure eulogised the judgment and team of justices who he said refused to close their eyes to the justice of the case.

He said, “I thank the Obidient movement who tarry with me and Mr Peter Obi while the impostor Mr Lamidi Apapa and his adherents who tried to trade off the mandate freely given to the Labour Party with billions of Naira expended by his paymasters in the opposition parties”.

Also, Abure’s lead counsel, Prest Aigbokhan applauded the judgment describing it as a sound and courageous decision.

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“It is a landmark judgment that will stand the test of time. Anybody still associating with impostors parading themselves as factional leaders of the party does so at their own peril. Political parties must remain watchdog of national conscience,” he stated.

Hours after the news of the appeal court judgment went viral, the Lamidi Apapa faction of the party kicked against the report, saying the Benin court only ruled on his suspension

The statement signed by the spokesman of the LP faction, Abayomi Arabambi, insisted that the Abuja High Court Restraining order that recognised Apapa as acting national chairman remains in force.

Arabambi said, “Our party attention was drawn to misleading information that has been peddled around by some criminal elements loyal to the police-indicted former National Chairman of Labour Party Mr Julius Abure. Labour Party wishes to state categorically that our complaint in the appeal filed before the court of appeal bothered on his suspension as a member in Article 19(2)A of our party constitution which the three justices of the court of appeal did not take cognisance of and refused to make findings on.

“We are aware of the capacity of Peter Obi and Abure Julius to tamper with court proceedings and documents as evidence in the forgery perpetrated in Abuja FCT high court where the signature and seal of judges were forged by Abure Julius and which he boasted yesterday in Lagos with Peter Obi that nobody in Nigeria can probe or arraigned him in court and three others indicted by the police.

“Surprisingly, the same Abure has a pending appeal in the Supreme Court against this same set of justice which has been filed and served on us to arrest today’s judgment. But since they know it may not fly in the face of the law, Abure resorted to his trademark by engaging the services of unscrupulous elements in the Edo state high court to tamper with the records transmitted. What we don’t know is if Abure has now become the Chief Judge of Edo state to be able to commit any crime and get away with it

“The said missing document is in the transmitted copy with our lawyer and duly paid for, but unfortunately this singular criminal act that aided Julius Abure today at the court of appeal was the reason the three justices base their judgment on the suspension of Julius Abure.”

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Ghh

Judiciary in Nigeria is something else

Obi and abure you must obey the court judgments, remember eyes on the judiciary

yarimo:
Obi and abure you must obey the court judgments, remember eyes on the judiciary

Obey which of the judgements, mumu?

He already has a favourable Appeal court judgement on the same case.

How can the Appeal court give another judgement on a case it has already ruled on?

yarimo:
Obi and abure you must obey the court judgments, remember eyes on the judiciary

they were still staring with all eyes on the juidiciary when the Appeal Court gave them 2 black eyes in a Knockout

their eyes are now in Hospital

two weeks ago a court of cordinate jurisdiction ruled that Abure is LP chairman

Isokotolopia:
two weeks ago a court of cordinate jurisdiction ruled that Abure is LP chairman

it ruled that Abure was not properly suspended

it did not make him party chairman

The court is just compounding our confusion

Agbadorians come o!!! Food 🍲 don done.

Old news is being forwarded from the losing camp of today's current judgment and news.

What a shame.

All eyes on the Judiciary don turn to weeping eyes.

Free2Fly:


Obey which of the judgements, mumu?

He already has a favourable Appeal court judgement on the same case.

How can the Appeal court give another judgement on a case it has already ruled on?

Who said it is the same case?

If Tinubu is so sure he won the election, why is he so concerned about the internal affairs of LP?

Tinubu is shady on all sides oghene biko

Is this the nonsense Nigerian judiciary wants to exhibit? What manner of madness is that?

Throwback:
Old news is being forwarded from the losing camp of today's current judgment and news.

What a shame.

A court of coordinate jurisdiction cannot overrule the decision of another Court of same coordinate jurisdiction. If you don't know how the legal system works, ask people that know to teach you. Stop spreading ignorance. As a matter of fact, on that issue, the court has become fiat accompli and that means that the so called judgment of the court of appeal against abure today is meaningless and cannot be enforced against him. Same with the earlier one. It's the supreme court that can intervene now on the issue. A Court of appeal cannot sit on appeal over the decision of another Court of appeal.

Lawly:


A court of coordinate jurisdiction cannot overrule the decision of another Court of same coordinate jurisdiction. If you don't know how the legal system works, ask people that know to teach you. Stop spreading ignorance. As a matter of fact, on that issue, the court has become fiat accompli and that means that the so called judgment of the court of appeal against abure today is meaningless and cannot be enforced against him

The law!!!!!!

Yoruba political bandits and OPC terrorists in the mud again

@mods please do the needful, this op is misleading his ipob goons intentionally with old news of 14th August 2023. Lamidi Bashiru Apapa is the LP chairman as declared by today's judgement, he worked tirelessly and some impostors came and ousted him unjustly.
Indeed, All Eyes on Judiciary is only when it favours obidunces.

franchasofficia:
Yoruba political bandits and OPC terrorists in the mud again

Though a rocket science to a neanderthal like you buy please verify from the source via the link posted. Nkita ala.

TimeMachine2:
@mods please do the needful, this op is misleading his ipob goons intentionally with old news of 14th August 2023. Lamidi Bashiru Apapa is the LP chairman as declared by today's judgement, he worked tirelessly and some impostors came and ousted him unjustly.
Indeed, All Eyes on Judiciary is only when it favours obidunces.

This is the original Judgment, an Apeal court cannot vanquish the Judgment of another appeal court, the Kangaroo Appeal ruling cannot stand before equity

Beremx:
Is this the nonsense Nigerian judiciary wants to exhibit? What manner of madness is that?

I thought all eyes are on the judiciary?
The news be somehow sha