Julius Abure, the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, has rejected the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognise the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee aligned with Abia State Governor, Alex Otti.
This was disclosed in a statement released on Wednesday by the factional National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh.
In the statement, Abure vowed to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal, insisting that the judgment contradicted the April 2025 verdict of the Supreme Court on the party’s leadership tussle.
In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Peter Lifu, the presiding judge, relied on the Supreme Court verdict of April 4, 2025, to declare Nenadi Usman, former minister of finance, as the valid leader of the party pending the conduct of a national convention.
The ruling followed a suit filed by Usman, who listed Abure, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), INEC and others as defendants.
In his decision, the judge held that evidence before the court showed that Abure’s tenure as national chairman had expired. He dismissed Abure’s argument that the dispute was an internal party matter not subject to judicial intervention, ruling instead that the establishment of a caretaker committee was “a necessity” arising from the Supreme Court’s directive.
The leadership crisis in the Labour Party had earlier prompted the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to remove Abure from office. To address the vacuum, the party constituted a 29-member caretaker committee chaired by Usman.
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