Abure also said he obtained a court order from High Court 4, Benin City, Edo State, that same day, restraining LP executive of Ward 3, Arue Uromi, from suspending him as LP National Chairman.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/lp-chair-confusion-orchestrated-targeted-at-obi/

Abure in a suit before the High Court of Edo State by his counsel President Aigbokhan, Esq on Wednesday, January 18 2023, stated that he has been defamed more than twice by Arise TV.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/labour-party-chairman-sue-arise-tv-for-defamation/

Abure said, “The intention of the programme is to build the capacity of our local governments and ward executives in terms of what they are expected to do during an election.

Source: http://www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com/labour-party-repositions-to-win-2024-edo-governorship-election/

Abure who is on a tour to the United Kingdom and United States (US) spoke while addressing some Nigerians in the US, said the judgment by the tribunal is expected to come on or before September 16.

Source: https://www.informationng.com/2023/08/only-obi-has-solutions-to-nigerias-problems-will-soon-be-declared-president-abure-to-us-based-nigerians.html

Addressing journalists at a world press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Abure announced the official return of all suspended national executive members to the secretariat following a motion for stay at the Court of Appeal.

Source: https://punchng.com/just-in-abure-other-suspended-lp-leaders-set-to-resume-office/

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court had on April 5 issued an order restraining Abure from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/court-affirms-abure-as-labour-party-chairman-restrains-apapa-others/

Apapa has been at daggers drawn with the LP’s suspended chairman, Julius Abure, over the leadership of the party.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/what-will-make-me-honour-tinubus-invitation-apapa/

“As far as I know, Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/abure-remains-our-national-chairman-lp-insists/

As part of his ruling on Suit No: HUC/21/2023, the judge also impose a perpetual injunction against Lamidi Apapa and his faction from removing or suspending Abure as the national chairman until a new national convention of the party is convened.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/court-affirms-abure-as-lp-chairman-restrains-apapa-faction-2/

In a picture making rounds on the internet, Obi appeared in the court alongside the substantive national chairman, Julius Abure, on Friday morning.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/politics/1535266-breaking-lp-factional-chairman-lamidi-apapa-peter-obi-attend-proceeding-tribunal-resumes/

Labour Party’s National Working Committee (LP NWC) has stated as ‘concocted and untrue,’ the suspension of the Party’s national chairman, Julius Abure, over corruption allegation and other infractions labelled by the Edo State chapter.

Source: https://www.informationng.com/2023/04/nwc-reacts-as-edo-executives-suspend-lp-national-chairman-abure.html

Recall the LP has been embroiled in a leadership crisis since Apapa, the then Deputy National Chairman of the Party (South), declared himself the Acting National Chairman following the sack of Julius Abure by a Federal capital Territory high court.

Source: https://www.informationng.com/2023/05/apapa-faction-illegally-requesting-court-to-void-elections-won-by-our-kano-members-lp-alerts-security-agencies.html

Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Okafor claimed that Abure, who has now been restrained from parading himself as party’s National Chairman by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court was Acting National Secretary, when Abdulsalam, died in 2020.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/lp-crisis-new-twist-as-ex-deputy-national-chairman-lays-claim-to-chairmanship-position/

The Abure faction of the party had previously dismissed knowing any of Maduka and Joseph while affirming that the party’s governorship candidate is Senator Athan Achonu.

Source: https://punchng.com/lp-crisis-deepens-as-abure-rejects-acourt-judgment/

The Abure loyalists shouted and dragged Apapa all over the place shouting “You must not talk, you are an impostor, thief, thief.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/labour-party-factions-clash-at-presidential-election-petition-court/

There is Julius Abure faction and Lamidi Apapa faction.

Source: https://punchng.com/nigerian-politics-and-the-phd-syndrome/

“We are not against the candidacy of Mr Peter Obi and our Running Mate Yusuf Datti Ahmed we are solidly behind them but we are against the bad management of our former National Chairman Bar Julius Abure and we are saying no! and nobody is above the law”

Source: https://newtelegraphng.com/abure-remains-suspended-says-anambra-acting-lp-chairman/