A federal high court in Abuja has ordered that the Labour
Party and some of its executives be served with a fresh suit challenging the
party’s leadership.
Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday
while ruling on an ex parte motion filed by Calistus Okafor, a former deputy
national chairman of the party.
Ekwo ordered a “substituted service of the originating
summons, interlocutory injunction, and all other processes in this suit on the
1st to 3rd, 6th to 12th and 14th defendants by pasting the said processes at
their political party’s office, which is the 5th defendant’s office, located at No 2, Oke Agbe Street, Off Ladoke Akintola
Boulevard, Garki 11, Abuja”.
The court ordered that the service must be effected “within
seven days of this order”.
The matter was then adjourned till June 30 “for further
mention”.
In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1636/2021, Okafor, who is a
factional leader of the party, is challenging the legality of the leadership of
Julius Abure and Akingbade Oyelakin, whom he said “represents persons
wrongfully and unlawfully parading themselves as members of the National
Working Committee (NWC) of Labour Party”.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is
joined as the fourth defendant in the suit.
Umar Farouq, secretary of the party, was included as the
second defendant and other defendants are members of the committee set up by
the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to take over the affairs of the party.
The committee members are listed as Salisu Mohammed, Lawson
Osagie, Isa Aremu, Baba Aye, Ikpe Ektokudo, Sylvester Ejiofor, and Lucy
Offiong.
The NLC is also listed as a defendant in the suit.
Meanwhile, the development comes days after Peter Obi, a
presidential hopeful, joined the Labour Party after resigning his membership of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
On Monday, Obi was elected as the presidential candidate of
the LP after three other aspirants stepped down for him.
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