US EditionNigeria: Court Sacks Abure, Recognises Esther Nenadi Leadership of Labour Party
- 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…
LP Leadership Crisis Deepens as Abure Rejects Court Order, Set for Appeal Court
By Lizzy Chirkpi The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) has deepened, with the factional National Chairman, Julius Abure, rejecting a Federal High Court ruling that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Nenadi Usman–led caretaker committee. Abure’s position was conveyed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the factional National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. According to the…
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