The leadership tussle rocking the opposition Labour Party (LP) seemed not over yet as Lamidi Apapa has approached the Supreme Court to appeal the Court of Appeal’s verdict reinstating Julius Abure as the national chairman of the party.

Abayomi Arabambi, the national publicity secretary of the party loyal to Apapa, who disclosed the move on Sunday while addressing the press in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, said the party had obtained a stay-of-execution motion in respect of the judgment.

An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja had on March 6, reinstated Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party, saying the High Court erred by restraining him from parading himself as the national chairman of the party.

In a unanimous judgment, Justice Hamman Barka held that the High Court listened to a matter it lacked jurisdiction over at the first instance, describing it as purely an internal party issue, and proceeded to dismiss it in its entirety as well as awarding a cost of N1m against Apapa.

However, Arabambi faulted the judgment and said that the party had filed an appeal at the apex court and had gotten a stay of execution order.

He said: “The acting national chairman of the Labour Party Alh Bashiru Lamidi Apapa has successfully filed an appeal on the 6th day of March 2024 and has stayed the execution of the Judgement delivered in favour of Julius Abure by Abuja Court of Appeal in the supreme court through a motion for stay of execution filed on Thursday the 7th day of March 2024.”

Arabambi also alleged that “Julius Abure had earlier before today forge the seal of the judge of FCT, forge the commissioner of Oath signatures and Generated his own TSA receipts without payment to the Federal Government consequently upon which the police established a prima facie case against him for forgery, criminal conspiracies and perjury.

“You would also recalled that sometime on the 12th May 2023, the FCT High Court presided by Hon. Justice Hamza Mua’zu dismissed the Notice of Preliminary Objection filed by Abure and ors challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the Originating Summons filed by Martins Esikpali & Ors basically on the ground that there was an allegation of crime and that it’s a contentious issue in the said summons and as such, not suitable for Originating Summons which inherently meant that the case ought to have been commenced by Writ of Summons so that oral evidence can be taken.

“As stated earlier the said objection was dismissed as the court held that it has jurisdictions as the case has to do with construction of documents submitted before it simpliciter without more.

“Abure and 3 others then appealed to the Court of Appeal. Therefore, the issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the issues raised in the case were contentious or not. If the court says the case was contentious, all that the Court was required to do was to ask parties to convert the Originating Summons to a Writ of Summons and order parties to file pleadings so that the case can be heard on the merits at the trial court i.e, FCT High Court.

“Surprisingly, the court of appeal in a rather strange manner, went on the voyage of discovery totally out of context to deliver judgment touching on the substantive case as if the appeal was against a final judgment.

Arabambi described the said appeal court judgment as “perverse” and said he has appealed immediately to the Supreme Court on five grounds and more grounds will be filled once the CTC of judgment is obtained by the lawyers.

He added: “The Judgment of the court of appeal delivered on Wednesday 6th day of March has now been put on hold as it cannot be executed since the Motion for stay of execution is already before the Supreme Court and has been served on Abure and his lawyers.”

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nairalandkachy1:

Make dis babalawo rest nah

The person footing Lamidi Apapa is the one sponsoring the publication. Let's the court decide again. The disgrace will be epic.

This man na clown,e don't give up

Just the way I don't give up on update like this 1.50odds daily

You can arrange it yourself it work for me perfectly

Or I can help you share my own with you if you will appreciate after win, chat me up

Apapa is dumber than I thought.

Apapa Ajasco.

Ride on

Old man will not go & rest. The people pushing him to commit this type of rascality are thesame people who snatched, grabbed and ran away with a stolen mandate.

4 people tweeting in a room has landed to the supreme court & become a pain in the "a"s"s.

Lamidi Apapa just be like Donald Trump. He no go gree. How can some people come from no where to want to reap from where they did not sow. Karma go catch those crooks eventually. 😂😂😂😂

Nice one

This old bastard should go and rest. He is a condemned failure already. Working as a puppet for the runaway Chicago drug criminal in Abuja.

Lamidi Akpala is better off as a traditional shrine caretaker.

Jobless and confused old man with bear bear like he goat sponsored by APC.

Apapa should rest na

If he is so desperate to become the national chairman of a political party, he should meet Tinubu to find him a chairmanship post in the APC, where he belongs, or better still, register a political party and become its national chairman. 

Even the moderator who pushed this news is so overloaded with some stuff that he had to move the thread twice to the front page.

If you knack am plank for head, them go talk say you no get respect.

good fight

comrade apapa is our national chairman

killsmith:
If you knack am plank for head, them go talk say you no get respect.

You advocate for violence but complain when police arrested Abure for fraud.

Apapa should face clearing of wharf and leave labour party alone

Dear Peter Obi, pls kindly consider the option of floating another political party where you will have total control of the party structure if you have 2027 ambition.

There is a likely hood that the powers that have been sponsoring Apapa may purchase a judgement in his favour this time around. Thats the reason for this move.
Peter Obi sir you can function in any party. You helped Labour party to be a major opposition party today. Obidient movement is different from Labour or any party. Its an ideology.

Apapa is our chairman

See as them rush move am to FP twice, chai this kind news against dey get fast tracking to FP walai talai.
If you check well, the hand of one or chin go dey inside the matter.
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

If you support the injustice being done to Pa Lamidi Apapa, may fraudsters steal all you've ever worked for.

Abure and Peter Obi are shouting "They stole our manhood", yet they themselves are denying Lamidi and co. their rightful place and honour in Labour party they built from scratch.

Criminals masquerading as emergency saviours.

He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.

Why is Julius Abure always forging documents? Is he immune from prosecution?

Borrow222:


Make dis babalawo rest nah

He is being bank rolled .

Apapa our authentic chairman

Even native doctor no wan gree for anybody

I don't know why he was accused of receiving bribe!
He don collect money from Bird (not BAT)!

Julius Abure Party!

LP get good people wey be saint!

LP Babalawo vs LP Saint Suspected-Thief!

They should do and finish the case once and for all. This thing has been dragging for too long