Aggrieved candidates accuse Abure of forgery, LP faults claim
Abure was arrested along with the Edo Chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi, in Benin on Wednesday.
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Abure was arrested along with the Edo Chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi, in Benin on Wednesday.
The embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Julius Abure and his national executive committee may be charged with forgery, conspiracy and perjury. This comes as they were indicted in a police investigation on the alleged forgery of signatures of candidates who won party primaries but had their tickets given to other persons.
The acclaimed winner of the Edo North senatorial primary election of the Labour Party, Mike Inaboya, has accused the national chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure of illegally replacing his name with that of another person. According to Inaboya, he was the winner of the primary election supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission officials.
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has been accused of forging documents to commit fraud and replace the name of a genuine House of Representatives candidate with that of someone who did not participate in the primary election. Abure was again accused of forging the signature of the House of Representatives candidate for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in Edo State, Murphy Imasuen on a letter to ensure the name of a former House of Assembly Speaker, Elizabeth Uyinmwen Ativie is enlisted by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
A former Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Uyinmwen Ativie, has been accused of using policemen from Zone 5 to harass and threaten the winner of the Labour Party’s House of Representatives ticket for Uhunmwode/Orhionmwon federal constituency in the state, Murphy Imasuen. SaharaReporters had reported how Imasuen emerged as the winner of the primary election of the federal constituency supervised by Independent National Electoral Commission officials.