Yusuf Rahimat Clara reporting
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been arrested by policemen in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Abure was arrested on Wednesday afternoon.
This was revealed by the spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh.
Recall that the party’s national chairman has been in a crisis with the party’s suspended National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, who accused Abure of financial malfeasance, forgery and embezzlement of the party’s funds.
Opera claimed that Abure embezzlement funds realised during the 2023 presidential election.
However, Abure and the party had denied the allegations even as Opara insisted that the national chairman should account for both naira and dollar donations to the party in the last poll.
Labour Party 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, for violating the party’s rules.
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.
