- A factional leader emerges amid the crisis rocking the Labour Party over the suspension of its national chairman, Julius Abure, by the federal high court
- Lamidi Apapa, the deputy national chairman of the party (south), took over the affairs of the embattled Labour Party
- The development was announced after the emergency meeting of the national working committee of the party in Abuja on Thursday
FCT, Abuja – The crisis rocking the Labour Party took a new dimension as some members of its national working committee led by its national deputy chairman (South), Lamidi Apapa, took over the affairs of the party.
According to Channels Television, the development followed a court ruling that restrained Julius Abure and 3 others to stop presenting themselves as national officers of the party.
