…orders INEC to recognise only Apapa-led NWC gov candidates in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi
Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure, and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.
The appellate court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states.
The court also dismissed Senator Athan Achonu as the LP governorship candidate for Imo state as well as others produced by the Abure-led faction.
Details later…