Justice Hamza Muazu of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory will on May 12, rule on the preliminary objection by Julius Abure, the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, in respect of a suit challenging his continued stay in office.
The court had upon an ex parte application on April 5, restrained Abure, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim (National Secretary); Oluchi Opara (National Treasurer); and Clement Ojukwu (National Organising Secretary), from further parading themselves as party officials.
Similarly, on Monday April 17, Justice Muazu declined a request to vacate the interim order restraining Abure, Ibrahim, Opara and Ojukwu from further parading themselves as national officers of Labour Party.
The party officials were restrained by the court on grounds of alleged fraud, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
The order followed a suit challenging Abure and his co-defendants’ continued stay in office.
After taking arguments from various counsel in the matter, Justice Muazu fixed May 12 to rule on the preliminary objections.