A Federal Capital Territory FCT High Court has issued an order restricting the Labour Party’s National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure, National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim, and two other individuals from holding themselves out as party national officers.
The National Organization Secretary, Mr. Clement Ojukwu, and another individual have also been prohibited from posing as National Officers.
On Wednesday in Abuja, Justice Hamza Muazu issued the restraining order after ruling on an ex-parte application that was brought by Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN James Ogwu Onoja.
Onoja had described to the court in the application how the restrained national officers were alleged to have falsified several FCT High Court documents to conduct illegal substitutions in the most recent general election.
Among the documents were the receipts, seals and affidavits of the Court to carry out criminal activities. The Senior lawyer who tendered several documents confirmed to the Judge that the Chief Registrar of the Court wrote the Labour Party to disown several documents used for the alleged criminal activities by Abure and three others. Onoja said following their indictment by a police investigation, the four people are to be arraigned in court adding that warrants for their arrest have already been obtained. In a brief ruling, Justice Muazu held that the application and the supporting affidavits have a good case for the request to be granted. The Judge subsequently ordered that the four people should immediately stop parading themselves as National Officers of the Labour Party.
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