May 19, (THEWILL) – A High Court in Abuja has issued an order of stay of execution on the suspension of Julius Abure, Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and other officials of the party.
Justice Hamza Muazu, on April 5, issued an interim injunction preventing Abure, Ibrahim, and two other national officials of the party including Clement Ojukwu and Oluchi Opara, from presenting themselves as national officers of the LP.
The suspension order followed an ex parte motion filed by Martins Esikpali John, Lucky Shaibu, Isah Zekeri, Omogbai Frank, Abokhaiu Aliu, Ayohkaire Lateef, John Elomah, and Dr Ayobami Arabambi,
The Plaintiffs had in their motion marked M/7082/2023, asked the court to sack Abure and the three other national officers.
However, Justice Muazu, vacated the order on Friday, after the defendants informed the court that they had a pending notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal.
Recall that the plaintiffs, through their counsel, Ogwu Onoja (SAN), had informed the court that Abure and the three other national officials had allegedly forged various documents of the FCT High Court, including receipts, seals, and affidavits, to carry out unlawful substitutions in the previous general election.
Onoja argued that the four individuals had been indicted by police investigations and were due to be arraigned in court, with warrants for their arrest already obtained.
