The Labour Party (LP) side led by Lamidi Apapa has stated that the LP’s National Chairman, Comrade Julius Abure, will appear in court on Tuesday to answer charges of forgery, impersonation, and other claims leveled against him.
According to news sources, this was revealed by the Labour Party’s suspended national publicity secretary, Abayomi Arabambi.
Arabambi added that the Police insisted on Abure’s appearance because the chairman had received many invitations, but his inability to react culminated in the Labour Party Chairman’s detention on Friday, which ultimately concluded at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID).
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He told the Nigerian Tribune that it took 24 hours after his arrest by the police on Friday for Julius Abure to be granted bail, and that the Labour Party Chairman tried but failed to secure people to commit to the bail condition, which required them to submit their international passports and risk being arrested if he jumped bail.
Arabambi remarked that while Abure may be exonerated of the substantive claim, he and his co-travelers are no longer eligible to hold elected posts in the Party.
“And to our Party, this shows that the Party is fair and just and cannot tolerate any criminal act. It has portrayed LP as a party that will not condone corruption.
“Apart from Abure and the former National Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, Oluchi Opara, and Clement Ojukwu are also indicted,” he said.
The suspended publicity secretary said, “Based on the fraudulent acts that these former officers were investigated and were all invited over for, it was Abure that allegedly tried to stop the Police from arresting him on Friday.”
When contacted to respond to the issues, the National Publicity Secretary (NPS) of the Party, Obiora Ifoh, said, “You are obviously taking the Arabambi propaganda seriously.”
He maintained that Abure was never invited by the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID).
“He did not appear at FCID because he was not invited. He has no need to be in Court on Tuesday as he has lawyers attending to the matter,” he added.
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