The Appeal Court in Owerri, Imo state, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the authentic Chairman of the party.
Newsmen gathered that the Appeal Court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 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 while dismissing the gubernatorial candidature of Senator Athan Achonu of Imo state, and others belonging to the Abure-led LP faction.
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