A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order prohibiting the Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim, and two others from acting as party national officers.
Others who have been barred from running for national office include the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu, and the Treasurer, Oluchi Opara.
The restraining order was issued by Justice Hamza Muazu while ruling on an ex-parte application argued by James Onoja.
In an application, Onoja described how the restrained National officers allegedly forged several documents from the FCT High Court in order to carry out illegal substitutions in the previous general elections.
The receipts, seal, and affidavits of the Court to carry out criminal activities were among the documents.
The Senior Counsel also presented several documents to the Judge, confirming that the Chief Registrar of the Court had written to the Labour Party to disown several documents used in Abure’s and three others’ alleged criminal activities.
According to Onoja, the four people will be arraigned in court following their indictment by police investigation, and warrants for their arrest have already been obtained.
In a brief ruling, Justice Muazu held that the application and the supporting affidavits are a good case for the request to be granted.
The Judge subsequently ordered that the four people should immediately stop parading themselves as National Officers of Labour Party.