Court rules in suit seeking to sack LP chairman Abure, others

The suit is seeking the removal of the party’s chairman, national organising secretary, and national treasurer, respectively, Julius Abure, Clement Ojukwu, and Oluchi Opara, NAN reports.

“When there is no crack on the wall, there will not be a need for an outsider to come to mend it,” he said. On the issue of plaintiffs’ locus standi to bring the matter before the court, the judge held that being members of the LP, they have the locus standi to institute the case. He said: “Our contention is very clear that those criminal allegations cannot be ventilated in an origination summon. The issue of locus standi is there. When you referred to LP’s constitution, the claimants are not members of NEC or the party. They have a duty to present their membership cards to the court, which they didn’t.”

With the ruling of the court, on having jurisdiction to hear the case, its order of April 5 subsists.The eight plaintiffs in the case are Martins Esikpali John, Lucky Shaibu, Isah Zekeri, Omogbai Frank, Abokhaiu Aliu, Ayohkaire Lateef, John Elomah and Dr Ayobami Arabambi. Onoja argued that following their indictment by a police investigation, the four people are to be arraigned in court, adding that warrants for their arrest have already been obtained.

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