Amidst the ongoing internal wrangling in Labour party (LP), the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Friday published the names and particulars of candidates produced by the mainstream Barr. Julius Abure-led faction of the party while ignoring Lamidi Apapa-led National Working Committee.
The Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the party have been at loggerheads over who is the recognised National Chairman of the party.
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The power tussle snowballed into holding factional primaries to produce candidates who will participate in the November 11 Governorship elections slated to hold in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo, later this year.
Whilst the Apapa-faction produced Joseph Ikechukwu Ukaegbu in Imo, INEC upheld Athan Nneji Achonu of the Abure faction.
In Kogi, factional primaries held at the Big Brother Hotel and KAFAS Multipurpose Hall separately where Col. Dr. Vincent Enemona Abu and Barr. Okeme Adejoh emerged from the Apapa and Abure factions respectively.
INEC published the name of Barr. Adejoh who emerged from the Abure faction as LP’s guber candidate for Kogi. (Saturday Tribune)