January 16, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, on Monday, arrested and detained the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, over alleged fraud linked to the party’s governorship primary in Plateau State.
THEWILL gathered that his arrest followed a criminal complaint against him by Yohanna Margif, who accused Abure of forgery
Magif, a governorship aspirant of the LP in the 2023 governorship election in Plateau State, alleged in a criminal complaint to the Police that Abure forged his signature on a letter where he (Yohanna Margif) is supposed to have withdrawn from the governorship primaries.
While the embattled LP chairman has been released on bail after the police obtained his statement, THEWILL recalled that Murphy Imasuen, an LP House of Representatives aspirant for Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde federal constituency in the 2023 general election in Edo State, had accused Abure of forging his signature in similar circumstances.
The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), which investigated the matter, recommended that Abure be prosecuted after it was confirmed by the Chief Registrar of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
