US EditionNigeria: Court Sacks Abure, Recognises Esther Nenadi Leadership of Labour Party
The Federal High Court enforced the Supreme Court ruling by invalidating Abure's tenure and mandating INEC to recognize the Usman-led caretaker committee as Labour Party's leadership.
- On Wednesday, Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court in Abuja sacked Julius Abure as National Chairman and ordered INEC to recognize Senator Esther Nenadi Usman-led executive pending a national convention.
- Lifu relied on an apex-court judgment delivered on April 4, 2025 that held Abure ought not to remain in office after the expiration of his tenure.
- An expanded stakeholders' meeting in Umuahia, chaired by Peter Obi and hosted by Governor Alex Otti, produced the decision to remove Abure and the party constituted a 29-member caretaker committee chaired by Senator Esther Nenadi Usman.
- The Federal High Court removed the Labour Party executive and candidates, citing suit marked THC/ABJ/CS/2262/2025 and the necessity of a caretaker committee, as ordered by the court.
- The court implored political party officials with elapsed tenures to learn to vacate their positions and the Supreme Court dismissed Julius Abure's cross-appeal, admonishing parties to follow their own rules.
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Labour Party Crisis: Abure Loses Again As Court Reaffirms Usman-led Exco
A Federal High Court in Abuja has removed the Julius Abure-led executive of the Labour Party and the candidates produced under them for purposes of elections. Justice Peter Lifu on Wednesday ruled that Senator Nenadi Usman-led executive is the authentic leadership of the party. Consequently, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to forthwith, recognize the Usman-led caretaker committee as “the only valid authorit…
Court orders INEC to recognise Nenadi Usman as Labour Party leader
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to recognised a former Minister of Finance, Sen. Nenadi Usman, as the valid leader of the Labour Party (LP). In a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, the court relied on the April 4, 2025 verdict of the Supreme Court to […] The post Court orders INEC to recognise Nenadi Usman as Labour Party leader appeared first on Freedom Online.
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