JULIUS ABURE NOT ARRESTED BY ANY POLICE, HE WAS FORCEFULLY KIDNAPPED BY FAKE POLICE & POLITICAL THUGS FROM THE AKPATA & APAPA CAMP AHEAD OF THE EDO GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES. ...Abure was not arrested but forcefully invited to answer to untrue murder allegations by an expelled LP former youth leader who was removed from office & beaten some months ago by a youth mob in Benin city.

JULIUS ABURE NOT ARRESTED BY ANY POLICE, HE WAS FORCEFULLY KIDNAPPED BY FAKE POLICE & POLITICAL THUGS FROM THE AKPATA & APAPA CAMP AHEAD OF THE EDO GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES.

...Abure was not arrested but forcefully invited to answer to untrue murder allegations by an expelled LP former youth leader who was removed from office & beaten some months ago by a youth mob in Benin city. 

Although the matter had since been under control by the DIG in charge of the zone 5 where the case is been handled.

In some few minutes from now barrister Julius Abure will be asked to get back to work as the issues of finding a solid candidate for the 2024 Edo state governorship primary election is Paramount.

Abure will surely get out of this planed last minute distraction from the enemies camp.

We keep telling the world anyone who is fighting Julius Abure as the national chain of labour party is practically fighting the Peter Obi 2027 Presidential bid and the good of our democracy.

Let's read the statement co.ing from the leadership of the party right now concerning the matter. 

STATEMENT FROM THE LABOUR PARTY

Protest erupts in Benin as Abure, LP state chairman was forcefully kidnapped and unlawfully arrested by some fake Police, DSS amd political party thugs two days to party governorship Primaries 

Heavy crowd of protesters on Wednesday besieged the Zone 5 headquarters of the Police Command in Benin City over the unlawful arrest of the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure.

Also forcefully arrested was the state chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi. 

The Labour Party on Tuesday had a very successful delegate election in Benin ahead of the Party Primaries scheduled to hold on Friday. 

The party chairman only this morning along with party governorship aspirants also kept a scheduled security briefing with the Department of the State Security. Abure was however arrested after the meeting by a combined team of DSS and Police officers. 

Abure, Ogbaloi and their aides were also manhandled.

Effort by some party leaders to have access to the Zone 5 headquarters was turned down due to the huge crowd of party supporters who were expressing their displeasure over the arrest of Abure.

However, a Police source informed the party officials and other governorship aspirants at the gate of the police headquarters that the arrest was in connection to a protest letter by one of the expelled member of the party loyal to Apapa dissident camp.

The source also confirmed that the arrest was not unconnected to the ongoing party primary and the possible candidate that will emerge which the state government is vehemently opposed to. 

He informed that the arrest was to frustrate the primary process and possibly interrupt the party's participation in the governorship election.

The Deputy National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Ayo Olurunfemi in video post said that no form of intimidation from the highest quarters can stop the party from concluding the process leading to the emergence of the Labour Party government in the state.

SIGN

OBIORA IFOH

National Publicity Secretary 

Labour Party

21-02-2024