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A State High Court sitting in Benin on Wednesday restrained the Labour Party and all its members from any suspension or purported suspension of its national officers till the determination of the motion on notice.
The lawyer for the Labour Party, G. C. Igbokwe (SAN), confirmed to journalists that he has gotten a High Court order that the status quo be maintained and that no action be taken that may result in the suspension of any national officer of the party.
According to the Senior Advocate, “Our attention has been drawn to a subsequent order purportedly from another court of equal jurisdiction restraining my clients. Of course, such an order is of no consequence and will have no effect until after the determination of the motion on notice.”
Recall that the entire leadership of the Labour Party in Edo State, including the State, Local Government, and Ward executives
On Monday, the party passed a vote of confidence in Abure, who was allegedly suspended by a factional group of the party.
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The party recalled that some groups who claimed to be ward three executives of the party in Edo State, led by the ward’s chairman, Martins Osigbemhe, had earlier announced the suspension of the LP national chairman.
However, in a solidarity visit to Barrister Abure at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja, the chapters said the Osigbemhe faction is unknown to the party and is working for the opposition political parties.
Mr. Kelly Ogbaloi, Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the party, while addressing newsmen, said that the constitution of the party did not empower any group or party members to suspend a national officer.
Ogbaloi said that since Abure was elected by a national convention, “imposters “who are not registered party members cannot suspend him, so their action is out of ignorance. Those who did it don’t even understand the message they were asked to deliver.”
No date has been fixed for the hearing.
Court stops LP National Chairman, others from parading as officers
Meanwhile, another court of equal jurisdiction has stopped Mr. Julius Abure from presenting himself as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.
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