Less than 48 hours to the conduct of the Labour Party (LP) governorship primary election in Edo State slated for Friday, the embattled National Chairman of the party, Barr. Julius Abure, has been arrested by a team of stern-looking armed policemen in Benin City, the state capital, on Wednesday.
His arrest came after Tuesday’s vote of confidence passed on him by the state chairmen of Labour Party.
Abure faces allegations of embezzling about N3billion of party funds realised as donations for the 2023 electioneering campaign.
As at the time of this report, Abure was being questioned by investigators at the Zone 5 office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in Benin City, as a large crowd of LP faithful besieged the police zonal headquarters.
The exact cause of arrest could not be ascertained but credible sources said it may not be unconnected to sundry allegations against Abure by a petitioner.
