The National chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure, has described his reported arrest by the police as fake.
The rebuttal is coming after the factional spokesman of the party, Mr Arabambi Abayomi in a statement said Abure was picked up by the police on Friday in Abuja.
He also alleged that the LP national chairman is already making confessional statement in respect to forgery and perjury allegations leveled against him.
Part of the statement reads, “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter to purge the Labour Party of all manner of corruption among some of its former national officers led by suspended National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure and his gang of documents forgers.
“You must be aware of the arrest of Julius Abure this afternoon by the Police in FCT few minutes he left the Court of Appeal with Peter Obi. You must also be familiar with a case of forgery already on Abure’s neck and another of Contempt of court and of course a few others that would shock even Peter Obi and Labour Party family in the next few days even as Abure and some Peter OBI thugs attempted to kidnapped two police officers
“As I speak now Abure has been place under arrest at FCID area 10 Abuja, making confessional statement with respect to forgery, Pejury and criminal conspiracies against him by the police
“Abure as at 6.55pm today friday the 16th day of June 2023 is still under police interrogation at FCID
“Labour Party want to express our sincere appreciation to the inspector General of police for bringing the culprit to book through this deserve arrest as Abure and his Co sponsor Peter OBI has been bragging that they are above the law and constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Labour Party also thank the DIG FCID for living up to their task after after months of Abure’s delay tactics to get justice through the backdoor.
“Labour Party will be bringing Details to the public in due course as Abure will be charge to court next week for forgery, Pejury , criminal conspiracies and attempted kidnapping”
Meanwhile, when News Band Newspaper reached out to Julius Abure to confirm his reported arrest, he dismissed as fake.
