The leadership of the Labour Party had on Friday, dismissed a video of the purported arrest of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Julius Abure by security agents.
The Acting National Chairman of the party, Obiora Ifoh, who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the video was broadcasted by “renegade former members of the Party” led by Lamidi Apapa.
The statement reads:
“The 10-second video published by the former Youth Leader of the party, Anselem Eragbe contains images of Police Officers who were arguing among themselves, over an unexplained matter. Neither Abure nor any of our leaders appeared in the video.
“The security agencies are not after Abure and have no reason whatsoever to seek his arrest. If they need his attention, they will invite him personally or even through his several security details.
“For the record, Abure attended the court session today at the ongoing Presidential Appeal Tribunal and he is presently attending to some official engagements.
“Nigerians must by now know the capacity of the Apapa group to misinform and propagate fake news. We, therefore ask Nigerians to disregard yet another attempt by these renegades to smear the character of our distinguished chairman,” he stated.
