{"id":113463,"date":"2024-07-26T20:19:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113463"},"modified":"2024-07-26T20:19:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:19:45","slug":"beware-of-contempt-of-court-lp-warns-self-proclaimed-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/beware-of-contempt-of-court-lp-warns-self-proclaimed-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of contempt of court LP warns self-proclaimed chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Labour Party (LP), has warned the self-proclaimed National Chairman of the party, Callistus Okafor, against deliberately walking into jail for contempt of court.<\/p>\n<p>National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh said this in Abuja, on Friday. He was responding to Okafor\u2019s chairmanship claim.<\/p>\n<p>Okafor had at a news conference earlier in the day claimed to be part of the 2014 National Convention of the Labour Party and went ahead to \u201cunilaterally declare himself\u201d as the National Chairman of the Party.<\/p>\n<p>Ifoh said, \u201cThis latest development is coming after the judgement of a Federal High Court in Abuja which only recently validated the Nnewi Convention of the Labour Party that produced a new set of executives led by Barrister Julius Abure as the National Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state clearly that Callistus Okafor could pass as a dramatist who chose to dance to the gallery and entertain people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seriously don\u2019t know who is playing the drums for this erstwhile members of the party, even after two successful National Conventions have held and the party has since moved far beyond his imagination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians will recall that Mr. Callistus Okafor also showed up in 2021 when he declared himself as the National Chairman of the party and proceeded to court and failed both in the High Court and also in the Appeal Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Court of Appeal held clearly that Callistus Okafor cannot use the Consent Judgement to make himself the national chairman of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the court reprimanded him and dismissed his suit with substantial cost, which he is yet to meet till present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are rather shocked and surprised that the same Okafor has come up again, abandoning and going against the Court of Appeal decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to remind Mr Okafor that his behavior by addressing the press today and addressing himself as the national chairman of the Labour Party is a contempt of court and that he should be ready to face the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be our last warning as we will not hesitate to bring the full weight of the law on Mr. Okafor if he continues to progress on that trajectory.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party (LP), has warned the self-proclaimed National Chairman of the party, Callistus Okafor, against deliberately walking into jail for contempt of court. 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