The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party (LP) has reacted to the ruling of a Court of Appeal affirming Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the party.

Naija News had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State capital ruled out a case filed by Lucky Shaibu against Abure and five others

However, Apapa’s faction in its reaction said it is aware of the capacity of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Abure to tamper with the court ruling.

The statement signed by the spokesman of the LP faction, Abayomi Arabambi, insisted that the Abuja High Court restraining order that recognised Apapa as acting national chairman remains in force.

Arabambi said, “Our party attention was drawn to misleading information that has been peddled around by some criminal elements loyal to the police-indicted former National Chairman of Labour Party Mr Julius Abure. Labour Party wishes to state categorically that our complaint in the appeal filed before the court of appeal bothered on his suspension as a member in Article 19(2)A of our party constitution which the three justices of the court of appeal did not take cognisance of and refused to make findings on.

“We are aware of the capacity of Peter Obi and Abure Julius to tamper with court proceedings and documents as evidence in the forgery perpetrated in Abuja FCT high court where the signature and seal of judges were forged by Abure Julius and which he boasted yesterday in Lagos with Peter Obi that nobody in Nigeria can probe or arraigned him in court and three others indicted by the police.

“Surprisingly, the same Abure has a pending appeal in the Supreme Court against this same set of justices which has been filed and served on us to arrest today’s judgment. But since they knew it may not fly in the face of the law, Abure resorted to his trademark by engaging the services of unscrupulous elements in the Edo state high court to tamper with the records transmitted. What we don’t know is if Abure has now become the Chief Judge of Edo State to be able to commit any crime and get away with it.

“The said missing document is in the transmitted copy with our lawyer and duly paid for, but unfortunately this singular criminal act that aided Julius Abure today at the court of appeal was the reason the three justices base their judgment on the suspension of Julius Abure.”