Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has barred the Labour Party‘s National Chairman, Mr Julius Abure, National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim, and two others from acting as party national officials.
The ruling also affects the party’s National Organising Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu, and Treasurer.
The decision was issued by the Abuja High Court on Wednesday while ruling on an ex-parte application argued by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief James Ogwu Onoja.
Mr Onoja had told the court in his application how the restrained national officers reportedly forged several documents from the FCT High Court in order to carry out illegal substitutions of party candidates in the recently concluded general elections.
The receipts, seal, and affidavits of the Court to carry out criminal activities were among the papers.
The senior lawyer, who presented several documents in court, verified to the Judge that the Chief Registrar of the Court wrote the Labour Party to disown several documents used in Abure and three others’ alleged criminal activities.
According to Onoja, the four people will be arraigned in court following their indictment by a police probe, and warrants for their arrest have already been acquired.
Justice Muazu ruled in a brief ruling that the application and accompanying affidavits make a strong case for the request to be granted.
The Judge then ordered that the four party officials cease acting as national officers of the Labour Party forthwith.
