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Labour Party sweats as internal struggle tears structure apart

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By John Akubo, Abuja

Without structure, is it possible for a presidential candidate and his party to win elections in Nigeria? That poser seems to be the subtext of the ongoing leadership disputation within the Labour Party (LP).

A fragment of the membership had gone to court to obtain an order restraining Mr. Julius Abure from parading himself as the party’s national chairman. But, the owners of the political platform, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has come out to declare that despite the shenanigans of some disgruntled former members, Abure remains in office as national chairman.

Watchers of Nigeria polity noted that the strong showing of the party as a vibrant third force must have become its albatross. Although its was dismissed as an unserious political party powered by overzealous young people, most of whom do not have voter card, LP gave the established political parties, especially the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a run for their money.

From its competitive showing and popularity among the young and new voters, it was, therefore not expected that some interest groups would start laying claims to exact some relevance and reap from the party’s anticipated bright future.

It would be recalled that LP’s profile rose shortly after former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, became it’s presidential candidate. Obi had dumped his former party, PDP, on which platform he had contested the 2019 presidential election as running mate to former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

With Obi’s entry and barely eight months to this year’s general elections, LP’s fortune changed, even as its soft-spoken standard bearer rallied the country towards a counter-political narrative that emphasised character, competence, capacity and compassion in leadership selection.

Obi’s promise of switching Nigeria from a consumption nation to a productive economy captured national attention. The message resonated with the people to the extent that some drew a contrast between him and the African-American former US President, Barrack Obama, whose ‘Yes we can” change slogan handed the Democratic Party the presidency from the incumbent Republican Party.

Obi also energised the youths with his demand on them to take back their country from established corrupt politicians that had held the country hostage for decades. He cited his personal examples from days as Anambra State chief executive, stressing that bad and corrupt leadership was responsible for mass poverty, insecurity, a growing population of out-of-school children and a comatose economy.

Although the general impression among analysts is that Obi’s entry into LP changed the stature of the party as well as the political narratives of the country, the party was already a player in Nigeria’s politics.

However, apart from 2009 upset it caused in Ondo State, when the party threw up Dr. Olusegun Mimiko as governor, 2023 elections had been phenomenal for the workers’ party. Enhanced with the demographic appeal to youths under the aegis of ‘Obidient movement’, the party placed third at the presidential poll, replicating its effort with a governor-elect in Abia State, seven Senators-elect and 34 members-elect for the House of Representatives in the recent general elections.

Recall that opinion surveys conducted by many polling platforms before the election had predicted the possibility of the party’s presidential contender, Obi, coming out tops as winner.

However, while the polls were dismissed as mere projections by the other parties, LP proved book makers right by its unexpected electoral triumph in Lagos State, the favourite base of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). The party also won in Nasarawa, the home state of APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; won in the FCT, as well as, Plateau and a couple of other states.

While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced APC’s standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as winner after collation of results, Obi and LP, who were placed third behind Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, picked holes with the electoral processes leading to the return of a winner.

Already, both Obi and Atiku and their parties-LP and PDP- have petitioned the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to register their disapproval of the entire process and outcome, even as they individually laid claims to victory.

Internal upheaval
Ever since the LP posted its competitive showing in the 2023 general elections, the party has been struggling to maintain its cohesion, especially following internal wrangling that border on leadership tussle, allegations and counter-allegations of corruption among some of its top officials.

Not those alone, the party’s presidential contender, have also been inundated with various issues. First was the purported treasonable comments by his running mate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, as well as the petition against Obi, threats of arrest and a leaked audio conversation believed to be between Obi and the founding Pastor of Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo.

While the party was contending with the storms, the wind of disunity began to blow around the LP leadership. The decision of an Abuja High Court to issue an order restraining the National Chairman, Julius Abure, National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim, National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and one other, from parading themselves as national officers of the party came like a thunder from the blues.

Ruling on an ex parte application argued by Chief James Onoja SAN, Justice Hamza Muazu, said the affected officers should cease to function in their respective offices pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion.

However, in a swift move, a counter court order from an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, last Wednesday restrained Labour Party and all its members from any suspension or purported suspension of its national officers till the determination of motion on notice.

Labour Party’s counsel, G. C. Igbokwe (SAN), confirmed to newsmen that he had gotten a High Court order to the effect that status quo be maintained, stipulating that no action, which may result to the suspension of any national officer of the party should be taken.

He stated: “Our attention has been drawn to a latter order purportedly from another court of equal jurisdiction restraining my clients. Of course, such order is of no consequence and will have no effect until after the determination of the motion on notice.”

A group that claimed to be Ward Three LP executives in Edo State, led by the Ward Chairman, Martins Osigbemhe, had earlier announced the suspension of the LP national chairman. As such, in a bid to counter that move, the entire leadership of Labour Party in Edo State, including the state, Local Government and Ward executives were on hand to pass a vote of confidence on Abure

The group in a solidarity visit to Abure at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, said the Osigbemhe faction is unknown to the party and that they were working for some unnamed opposition political parties. Mr. Kelly Ogbaloi, Edo State Chairman of the party, told newsmen in Abuja that the constitution of Labour Party does not empower any group or party members to suspend a national officer.

Ogbaloi recalled that ever since Abure was elected at the party’s national convention, those he called impostors, “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.”

As if the irritations were not enough, some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) who were on suspension, led by one Apapa, the Publicity Secretary, Aboyomi Arambabi, and former Youth Leader, allegedly broke into the LP national secretariat in a bid to forcefully take ownership and in an apparent scheme to enforce the court order.

Exit of peace
With the wrangling from Edo and Abuja, peace has left the Labour Party. Watchers of the polity relate the various crises to LP Presidential candidate’s insistence on pursuing his case to reclaim what he termed, his stolen mandate.

Obi and LP claim that they not only won the election out rightly, but also that they have overwhelming evidence to upturn the victory of APC and Tinubu, who were declared winners by INEC.

It is against this background that the governing APC is being fingered as mastermind of the rumblings in the workers’ party.

Those who hold onto that conspiracy theory allege that the antagonists of Abure’s leadership are the same party faithful in the Southwest that worked against LP in the election by collapsing their structure for APC in the zone.

Recall that Southwest LP had collapsed its entire structure into the APC days to the general elections.

National chairman of South West Agenda For Asiwaju Tinubu (SWAGA) 2023, Dayo Adeyeye and other members of the group facilitated the switch.

Consequently, it was believed that the same group represented by Lamidi Apapa and Arambabi procured the court injunction that barred the national chairman and other national officers of LP from parading themselves as such.

The group schemes that in the event that the Abure leadership is successfully eased out, the new leadership would later withdraw the petition at the PEPT and declare support for the President-elect, Tinubu to help boost his legitimacy. The attempted take over of the LP secretariat last Thursday by the faction was aimed at achieving that target.

However, the party’s state chairmen, who are also members of the National Executive Council (NEC), stormed the party’s secretariat on rescue mission on Good Friday. Determined to leave nothing to chance, the 28 state chairmen took over the LP national secretariat in Utako, Abuja. They were emphatic that Abure remains their national chairman.

The previous day, Abure had, in a statement, claimed that the National Headquarters of Labour Party was under attack, as a detachment of Nigeria Police Force and thugs believed to be working for the governing party invaded the building. He disclosed that the perimeter fences, burglaries, doors and windows to the secretariat were vandalised, adding that workers and stalwarts were chased away.

Ironically, seven members of the NWC had announced the National Vice-Chairman (South), Lamidi Bashir Apapa, as Abure’s replacement in acting capacity. In his remarks after an emergency meeting in Abuja, Apapa said the NWC members acted on the ruling of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, which restrained Abure from parading himself as national chairman.

While he addressed the press, armed security personnel were conspicuous at strategic locations, possibly, to avert a breakdown of law and order.

Apapa explained that the NWC also reviewed suspension of party members and executives. The other three restrained officials, were also replaced by Saleh Lawal as acting national secretary, Rowland Daramola (acting treasurer) and Prince Reuben Favour (acting organising secretary).

But, on their part, the 28 LP state chairmen led by their spokesperson, High Chief Kehinde Rotimi, after forcefully reclaiming the secretariat, told journalists that few hours earlier, “We were amazed at the report that hoodlums and thugs invaded our party secretariat at Utako, that is why we came.”

He stated: “They destroyed properties, carted away our documents, committed all sorts of atrocities that are not in tandem with the rule of law

“We were told that they went to court and took a particular order but they did not wait for the court to determine whatever motion of notice, they took laws into their hands to come and destroy our Secretariat

“That is why we, as very important organ of NEC, the council of chairmen in the party, which constitutes NEC along with the members of our party, have decided to come here to do an on-the-spot assessment and on getting here, we discovered that these sets of hoodlums, some of them have been suspended and are no more members of our party.

“Some of them sold our party to other political parties. The party is still investigating to see that they have violated our rights as a political party and they have gone all around to intimidate us with security agencies.

“We are saying it that we can not be intimidated, we can not be cowed. Labour Party has come to stay in Nigeria, we want to advice all political parties to allow us, leave us alone.

“We want to tell all the security agencies not to turn to political party members because the police are not party members so they should do what is right according to the rule of law.

“You can not be a judge in your own case. They want to be judges in their own case by taking the law into their own hands. That is why we are here, our entire members from all over the country; to counter this obnoxious and evil move to derail us from pursuing the mandate that Nigerians have given to us.

“Nigerians gave us their mandate on the 25th of February 2023 and on that mandate we stand. That is why we believe in the rule of law and that is why we have gone to the tribunal.

“Instead of creating diversion and division in our party we will not agree. That is why we are telling the whole world we have began the legal process on this evil and barbaric act.”

Enugu State chairman, Cashmir Uchenna Agbo, described what was happening as “very unfortunate, because Labour Party is a party of rule of law.

“Our principal has maintained that we must be guided by the Constitutional provisions and the laws of this land and the party. It is very unfortunate that those who have ran this party for many years are engaging in acts of brigandage and criminality in terms of enforcing their own right.”

Agbo accused the Apapa group of mixing criminality with civil process, contending that the court that gave them that order erred in law, saying, “There are a plethora of such cases that once you have element of criminality in any motion, you just put the other party in notice, so that he could be heard.

“You cannot shave a man’s head in his absence. You have done this to this party; we are referring to a party in particular in this country that is known for criminality and brigandage. And that is APC.”

Speaking on efforts made to maintain order, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Utako, Gregory Victor,, said the police took over the secretariat to prevent breakdown of law and order. He blamed the party chairmen for coming to take over in a commando style, adding that if his men were not on ground and there was lawlessness how would they have been able to take back their secretariat.

The party’s youth Leader, Prince Kennedy C. Ahanotu, disclosed that the rumbling in the party was not unexpected, especially because the party and its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have gone to court with overwhelming evidence and that the ruling party is jittery looking for any foothold to discredit the process.

Ahanotu spoke at the party secretariat when the 36 State chairmen of the party delivered a communique reaffirming their support for Julius Abure as their national chairman. “For Abayomi Arabambi, money is the game and he was determined to sell his soul to achieve that dangerous appetite to enrich himself by whatever means.

“The only means is to initiate and sustain the crisis in the party by turning himself into a hireling and making himself available at a price to be purchased by desperate politicians,” he added.

He stressed that the LP’s youth wing is in solidarity with the 36 State chairmen for coming to the rescue of the party at a very trying time, assuring that “on behalf of the labour party youths we will overcome this. We would not allow our collective sensibilities and our collective future to be destroyed by people who we have evidences on how they perpetrated evil and worked against the party even in the last election.”

The National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arambabi, did not respond to text messages seeking to get their own side by the time of filing this report, even though he kept on promising to respond. But, a member of his faction who did not want his name in print said Abure remained suspended, stressing that there are a number of criminal allegations against the former national chairman including forgeries.

Culled from the Guardian

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LP insists Peter Obi will not leave over smear campaign against Abure

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***As no court has found Abura guilty of diversion of party fund

The leadership of the Labour Party(LP) has warned fake news peddlers against its National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure using every available social media platforms to desist from further media trial of their party’s leader but rather utilize legal options if they are convinced of their allegations.
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of the Party, Obiora Ifoh, made the position of the party known on Wednesday immediately after the court of Appeal judgement that affirmed Bar Julius Abure as the authentic National chairman.

Obiora also indicated that the party’s national leader, Peter Obi is not under any pressure to dump the party ahead the 2027 general over the sustained smear campaign against Julius Abure.

He said Obi has restated his willingness to remain in the party knowing that all the attacks at Abure were sponsored and orchestrated by some political opponents in the high places.

According to him, “It astonishes us how far our detractors can go in ensuring that the party swims from one ocean of crisis to another in their evil desire to create disharmony between the party and our leaders.

“We are aware that Abure is not the target of these ferocious and malicious missiles. We are also aware that huge sums of money has been mapped out to wage a propaganda war against our leader ahead of the 2027 general election.

“The feat of the Labour Party in the last general election rattled not a few persons and the fear of the future has driven them to begin so early to prepare ahead. Part of the strategy is to make any political platform unviable for Obi to sail with.

“The party is also aware that any Political Party Peter Obi finds himself in as a vehicle for the 2027 presidential election including the Labour Party, will not be spared by the political hirelings who are already recruited to dismember such a party.

“Let me emphasis here that even Peter Obi has severally pledged loyalty to the Labour Party due to its social democratic ideology which suits his political vision. Peter Obi will not anymore fellowship with any bourgeoisie party. He is a liberator and not a ruler as seen in the other parties.”

The National Publicity Secretary while also speaking on the corrupt enrichment allegations leveled against the National Chairman, said, “They are spurious, fairy tale, and a calculated attempt to tar the person of Abure with a dark brush. The audit report by the party’s external auditor gave the party a clean bill of health since 2021 when Abure assumed office. As a matter of fact, an earlier forensic audit report carried out in 2017 indicted our suspended Treasurer for fraudulently diverting huge sums of money to personal accounts.

“Abure’s only offence was that he refused to allow the continuation of looting while insisting that accountability must be enthroned. The very official who was the greatest beneficiary of those sleazes became uncomfortable and started wedging wars.

“We are aware that Abure is still living in a rented apartment in Abuja and that he only recently refurbished a bungalow left for him by his late father as the first son. There is also no law in Nigeria forbidding a citizen from owning properties. Those making all these spurious allegation may have to prove them in the court as the case is already before the court.

“It would also interest you to know that no kobo has ever left the Labour Party Bank accounts without a co signatory; either by the National Secretary or the National Treasurer. So the narrative that Abure alone siphoned or diverted the party fund is clearly misleading and orchestrated to muscle him out of office.”

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Kogi Guber: AA national chair confirms abduction of 3 witnesses at Tribunal venue

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***Says, Multiparty democracy is inevitable

**When parties fail to speak up against the ills of governance, dictatorship thrives

The National chairman of the Action Alliance (AA) Barrister Kenneth Udeze has confirmed the abduction of three witnesses that were meant to buttress the party’s petition at the the National Judicial Institute in Abuja, venue of the Kogi State Governorship Petition Tribunal.
Political thugs were alleged to have abducted three witnesses associated with Olayinka Braimoh, the AA governorship candidate in the November 2023 election in Kogi state on February, 26th, 2024

CUPP members with Barrister Kenneth Udeze


The witnesses were allegedly whisked away from the National Judicial Institute in Abuja, venue of the Kogi State Governorship Petition Tribunal.

The three abducted witnesses were identified as Idris Khadijat, Safiyat Muhammed and Abdulmalik Muhammed.
However, a statement signed by the State APC chairman, Abdullahi Bello debunked the rumours that said witnesses were abducted.
Bello in the statement categorically refuted the mischievous allegation that any of its supporters abducted the witnesses of the Action Alliance political Party or even had any altercation with any Witness.
The chairman described the allegation as false, coming from mischief makers bent on tarnishing the image of the party and whip up sentiments with the ulterior motive of prejudicing the mind of the tribunal and the public against the APC.
The statement went further to confirm that the Chairman of the Kogi State Chapter of the party was in Court on the said 26th February 2024 adding that he did not witness any such incidences but was only informed of a fracas which occurred between persons who were outside the tribunal complex.
Speaking on Tuesday at the party’s national Secretariat in Kubwa Abuja when the Coalition of the United Political Parties (CUPP) led by its secretary Chief Peter Ameh paid a solidarity/consultative visit to the party, Udeze said, “It is a very sad and terrible situation. I want to confirm officially that three of Action Alliance witnesses for that Election Petition Tribunal were abducted and as a matter of fact they are still missing till today.
“This is the kind of country we find ourselves. A situation where a governorship candidate sees some loopholes to prove that the election that was conducted in Kogi was not free and fair, and in order not to behave like thugs, he decided to explore the legal means in order to correct the anomaly in the election only for intimidation to be comming from left right and center from the APC government that won the election in Kogi State
“I am using this opportunity to really condemn it in its entirety the threats and intimidation against the candidate of the action Alliance in Kogi State. I am confirming it, it is exactly what happened”
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, had relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.
The relocation was not unconnected with security breaches against members of staff of the tribunal who have been attacked on several occasions in Loloja.
Speaking to issues raised by his guests, the AA chairman said,
“It is our responsibility to make sure that the issues that have to do with governance are well taken care of in this country.
“The situation in the country is terrible, people looting everywhere people looking for where to see food. We have never found it so terrible in this country.”
He called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and the body that supervises electoral process to make sure that the issue of multi political party Democracy is being encouraged.
He said, it is not the era for delisting political parties as Nigeria is a great nation that even 200 political parties are not enough
“I don’t see reason why we keep deregistering political parties that have what it takes to rally support for the development of our nascent democracy.
“If you are calling any thing that has to do with constitutional National Conference in this country, you must look for those leaders of political parties who have contributed in one way or the other to get to the level we are in the Nigeria.
He expressed appreciation to the CUPP leadership for the visit to one of its Allies.
“AA today as your ally in the political struggle we are always opened, anything the corps feel we can do as registered political parties to make sure that we move the welfare of the masses forward, the AA is always there to accommodate that.
The CUPP scribe, Chief Ameh, indicated that one thing that allow for dictatorship to take root is when there is gap between citizens participation, citizen’s advocacy and action. “When there is that gap and you allow those in government to continue to work without participation because participation is key I’m making sure that our points, our ideas and believe in the democratic system is pushed to a point where we hold our leaders accountable.
“So for us in the corps and those who are the leaders of the Corps like the national chairman of AA, while their Motto is let the masses live, it is about working for the masses of Nigeria, it is about driving policies and programs that will protect the masses of Nigeria because without the masses there is no nation.
“When governance becomes self centered, and policies start bitting hard to the point where trucks and warehouses are being looted, people go to warehouses to look for food, then there is need for political party leadership to speak up and that is why we are here to pay a courtesy/consultation visit to his office to speak about the issues and the ills of Nigeria, and also issues of Multi Party democratic practice in Nigeria.
“That is why we are talking about the next national Constitutional Reform that is coming up, that political parties must participate, because we need the survival of political parties like AA, ADC, SDP, NRM and all the other parties including APP.
“Our democratic system would be truly enriched and deepened to a point that would allow the son of a man born in Nyanya, the son of a.man, born in Agage, shogunle, Shomolu, fadeyi and the son of a man born in Ogun to compete with those who are born in Ikoyi, Asokoro and Maitama, to have the same level of participatory platform.

“This he said will deliver a country where the right of every citizen is protected, where the rights of those who protect us are also protected to work in the armed forces. So for all these reasons and so many issues that have bedevilled our democratic practice even our economy and the social environment.
“That is why we felt it is very important that voices like these must be encouraged, must be supported given all the background that is needed to push forward because it is about solidarity in practice and defence of our country, Solidarity for ever

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More troube for Abure as aggrieved LP candidates demand prosecution

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***Insist he forged their purported withdrawal letters to substitute them

There seem to be no respite yet for the embattled Labour Party (LP) national chairman as two governorship candidates and a House of Representatives candidate of the party in the 2023 General election have called for his prosecution having allegedly established forgery allegation against him
The aggrieved candidates; LP governorship candidates for Ebonyi State and Plateau States, Eze Oko Splendour and chief Yohana Yilpwan Margif respectively and the House of Representatives Candidate for Edo Orhionmwon/ Uhunmwode Federal constituency Imasuen Paul Murphy said they have established the forgery allegations through Police investigation for which Abure was detained.

Each of the candidates at a joint press conference in Abuja on Wednesday narrated their ordeals stating how they were fraududlently substituted with their forged Signatures, documents, Withdrawal Letters submitted to INEC.
They highlighted others other illegal acts of Abure to include their Unlawful Substitution of LP Candidates submitted to INEC, Fake & Forged Sworn Affidavits of FCT High Court Receipts, Seals and Oaths.
They also accused Abure of collecting N30m as bribe from each of their alleged substitutes.

Comrade Splendour said he won the LP primary for Ebonyi state but what should have been a straight forward democratic process was marred by criminality, deceit, and manipulations orchestrated by the party’s national chairman.

“Despite numerous attempts by Abure to evade accountability, the diligent efforts of law enforcement officials led to his eventual apprehension.
“However, the investigation was not without its Significant challenges as the former Chairman consistently attempted to obstruct justice and evade arrest through corrupt and deceitful means after months of rigorous information gathering, cross examinations and forensic analysis, the police investigation conclusively determined that Mr. “Abure criminally forged my signature to perpetrate his illegal scheme.

“Throughout the investigation process, I cooperated fully with law enforcement authorities, providing them with all necessary evidence

to substantiate my claims of forgery and electoral malpractice.
“Despite
the complexities and obstacles encountered along the way, the FCID remained steadfast in their pursuit of justice, ultimately recommending the prosecution of Abure for his criminal actions.
“The case file has since been forwarded to Federal Ministry of Justice for charges to be instituted but up until now, there has been no movement on the matter.
“This has begun to agitate my mind as the perception is that the former Chairman can get away with brazen and unbridled criminality which has further emboidened him to become
even more reckless, believing that he is a “sacred cow”.

“Having received the case file and recommendations from the FCID, I am hereby appealing most passionately to the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation to ensure justice is served. The events described herein underscore the critical importance of upholding the rule of law and ensuring accountability within our democratic institutions.
“Those who seek to subvert the electoral process and undermine the integrity of our democracy must be held accountable for their actions.
“The prosecution of Abure is not only a matter of justice but also reaffirmation of our commitment to the principles of transparency,
fairness and accountability in governance.
“As the Chief law officer of the federation, a renowned staunch
advocate for the rule of law and a firm believer in the principles of
democracy, you have a sacred duty to uphold the rule of law without fear or favour.

“The police recommendation for criminal charges against the Chairman and others, must be treated with the urgency and diligence it deserves.
“We must send a strong message that our democracy cannot flourish where internal party processes are corrupted and electoral integrity is recklessly subverted.
“I kindly implore you to use your highly esteemed office to ensure that charges are filed against Mr. Abure and others without further delay.

Chief Margif said, ”

“I passed through the primaries successfully, the primary was witnessed by INEC, I scaled through as the flag bearer, I was given certificate of return by Julius Abure to run the race but after one month while I was doing campaign there was a planned arrest by police, I was taken to police custody only to hear that there is another primary going on the 5th of August purporting that I have withdrawn from the race.

“The letter of withdrawal was forged which they submitted 5th August 2022, Knowing very well I was in detention on 5th How can I sign withdrawal letter while in detention.
According to Murphy, “I did not at any time wrote a withdrawal letter nor deposed to any affidavit to that effect, this further made my lawyer to equally write a letter to the Federal High Court Abuja to confirm the authenticity of the affidavit
“Again the Court replied that the affidavit was never deposed to in that court, which means that they forged my signature, Court affidavit, court revenue receipt and some other documents, which prompted my petition to IGP to investigate this criminal act by the national chairman, Secretary and some other LP officials that may be involved in this criminal

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