Confusion in LP as Abure, Apapa lay claim to chairmanship seat

The duo of the embattled Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure and the party’s factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, on Thursday pushed the party into further crisis after they both laid claim to the chairmanship seat.

The Court of Appeal, Owerri, had earlier on Thursday affirmed Apapa as the LP authentic chairman.

The court also ordered 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.