OTTI SLAMS JULIUS ABURE OVER CONTINUED SALE OF LABOUR PARTY NOMINATION FORMS. (PHOTO).
Otti Slams Julius Abure Over Continued Sale of Labour Party Nomination Forms Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has strongly criticised the former National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, for proceeding with the sale of governorship nomination forms despite opposition from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and subsisting court rulings. The criticism follows a viral photograph showing Abure presenting a Labour Party nomination form to a former National Vice Chairman of the party, Ceekay Igara, in the company of other party members. Reacting through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ukoha Ukoha, Governor Otti questioned Abure’s continued claim to leadership of the party. Ukoha insisted that both judicial pronouncements and INEC’s position have effectively sidelined Abure, describing his actions as being in contempt of court. “I think Abure is in a better position to explain the grounds on which he is still parading himself after a Federal High...
Justice Adeniyi Ademola,a Federal High Court Judge sitting in Abuja yesterday thursday,gave an order of the removal of a member of the House of Representative Idu Godwin,who is representing Onitsha North/South Federal constituency from the house and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC},to withdraw the certificate of return issued to him and issue a fresh certificate of return to Lynda Chuba Ikpeazu who was declared the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} at the April 11,2015velection.The judge gave the order while delivering judgement on a pre-election suit instituted by the plaintiff.The court also ordered the National Assembly specifically the House of Representatives to swear in the plaintiff {Lynda Ikeazu} as a member of the house.Lynda Chuba Ikeazu,who won the PDP primary election conducted on December 7,2014 had in the suit challenged her substitution with Idu Godwin by the Party.
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