The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been dragged to court over N3.5bn fraud levelled at Abure.
Abure’s accuser, suspended national treasurer of the party, Oluchi Oparah, is the plaintiff.
Oparah is asking the court to compel the EFCC to investigate the national chairman, accounts of the party, and quash her six-month suspension by the party on alleged grounds of not being given a fair hearing before she was suspended.
In the suit dated February 15 filed by her lawyer, Emeka Etiaba (SAN), she asked the court whether it was not under the EFCC rules to investigate forgery.
She also said that within the period under review that “large sums of money were raised from the sale of nomination forms for the several elections held in 2023, apart from proceeds from Edo State (in 2024) which the 2nd Defendant (Abure) actually diverted to his personal accounts, the 2nd Defendant declared only N55 million out of about N3 billion raised, failing to account for the balance.
“This undeclared balance from sale of nomination forms as well as all donations received from followers and sympathizers of H.E. Peter Obi, remains unaccounted till date and all requests for accountability have been rebuffed by the 2nd Defendant,” she told the court.
