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 […]

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 authority to represent the Labour Party,” pending when the party convenes a national convention.

The judgement followed a suit marked: THC/ABJ/CS/2262/2025, which the former minister lodged before the court.

The judge reaffirmed the verdict of the Supreme Court on April 4, 2024, which invalidated the Abure-led executive.

While dismissing Abure’s contention that the matter was an internal affair of a political party that is non-justiceable, the court held that the setting up of the LP caretaker committee was “a necessity” that arose from the order of the Supreme Court.

It will be recalled that following a leadership crisis that rocked the LP, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party resolved to remove Abure as the National Chairman.

To fill the leadership vacuum, the party constituted a 29-member caretaker committee, with the former Finance Minister, Usman as Chairman.