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THE EDO 2024 ELECTION IS CREATING LOTS OF TENSION ACROSS PARTIES. THE EDO STATE GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES ACROSS PARTIES ARE CREATING TENSION THAT THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE LABOUR PARTY, ABURE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THIS IS UNCONNECTED TO THE LABOUR PARTY CRISIS WHICH IS NOT END IN SIGHT. JUST RECENTLY, THE NATIONAL TREASURER OF THE LABOUR PARTY, MS OLUCHI ACCUSED HIM OF #3.5 BILLION FRAUD, AN ALLEGATION WHICH HE DENIED, READ THE FULL DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED.
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, MR. ABURE. has been arrested by the police 48hours before the Labour Party governorship primary slated for Friday
His arrest came after Tuesday’s vote of confidence passed on him by the state chairmen of the Labour Party.
Abure was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, it was gathered. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh, confirmed the development to newsmen..
Momoh, however, did not disclose details of Abure’s arrest as of press time.
Viral videos showed Abure being manhandled by policemen, even as LP supporters fought to prevent his arrest. It was gathered that his capture was the result of a petition forwarded to the Zone from the office of the Inspector General of Police in Abuja.
Abure has been having running battles with some members of the party in the state over allegations of substituting candidates in the 2023 general election without the consent of the affected aspirants, an allegation he has denied.
It was also gathered that the arrest may be connected to the factional crisis rocking the party as a factional national youth leader was recently brutalised by some suspected members of the party.
Abure has also come under fire for allegedly mishandling party funds.
LP presidential candidate in the last poll, Peter Obi, had said external auditors would probe the party’s financial books.
Last week, the Labour Party suspended Opara for six months, saying contrary to allegations of abuse levelled against the leadership of the party by Opara, the party only realised N1.2 billion from donations from members and sales of forms to some aspirants in the 2023 polls.
The party alleged that Opara was being sponsored by the same people who used Lamidi Apapa, Anslem Eragbe, and Yomi Arabambi to derail the party.
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