Oluchi Oparah, the suspended national Treasurer of the Labour Party, LP, has sued the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged N3.5 billion fraud.
Oparah wants the court to compel the EFCC to investigate Abure and the accounts of the Party as well as quash her six-month suspension, claiming that she was not given fair hearing before she was suspended.
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The embattled Treasurer is also asking the court in the suit dated February 15 filed by her lawyer, Emeka Etiaba, SAN, to determine whether it was not under the EFCC rules to investigate forgery.
She alleged that during the period under review, “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.”
