Edeoga condemns LP National Chairman, Abure’s arrest, urges equal treatment of citizens

The Enugu State Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Chijioke Edeoga has condemned the arrest of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Julius Abure.

Edeoga said the action of the police amounted to an abuse of rights and could be interpreted to suggest there were attempts to diminish the fortunes of the party in the forthcoming governorship contest in Edo State.

Edeoga, in a statement he personally signed, also condemned the public humiliation Comrade Abure was subjected to during the arrest and demanded greater respect for the man whom he said, leads millions of Labour Party members in the country.

He lamented that the Edo State Police Command, in enforcing the arrest, treated the Labour Party leader like a criminal, wondering why no invitation was extended to him before he was subjected to what he described as “public humiliation.”

“Without prejudice to the police procedure and investigations, these allegations smack of deliberate attempt to intimidate and diminish the person and office of the Labour Party Chairman before every right-thinking Nigerian.

“From every indication, and based on available facts and information, Comrade Abure, a highly placed, law-abiding Nigerian and leader of millions of Labour Party members spread all over Nigeria, was not issued any formal invitation by the Nigerian Police before the humiliating and dehumanizing arrest.