A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama in Abuja has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the competence of the suit seeking the removal of the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure from office.
Justice Hamza Muazu in a ruling dismissed the preliminary objection of the counsel for the suspended chairman, Ben Nwosu that the court lacked the requisite jurisdiction to meddle in the matter.
After citing relevant sections of the constitution, the judge affirmed his jurisdiction to hear the suit and adjourned till May 19 for hearing of the substantive suit.
Abure through his team of lawyers has vowed to appeal against the ruling, noting that he will not get justice before the court.
The court had, in a ruling it delivered on April 5, restrained Abure from parading himself as the National Chairman of the LP.
The restraining order followed an ex parte application that was brought before the court by eight aggrieved members of the party.
Justice Muazu had, on April 17, declined to vacate the interim order against the Abure-led executives which conducted the primary election that produced Peter Obi as candidate of the LP for the presidential election that held on February 25.
The plaintiffs told the court that the defendants forged several documents of the FCT High Court and relied on same to unlawfully substitute several candidates of the party in the recently-concluded general elections.
They told the court that among documents that forged by the defendants were receipts, seal and affidavits.
They added that the Chief Registrar of the court had, in a letter he earlier wrote to the party, disowned the documents.
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