JUST IN: Abure-led faction rejects court’s recognition of Nenadi Usman as Labour Party chair

The Julius Abure-led leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja recognising the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee as the party’s leadership.

Spokesman of the faction, Obiora Ifoh, said the Abure-led leadership would immediately appeal the ruling delivered by Justice Peter Lifu.

Ifoh said the court misinterpreted the April 4, 2025 decision of the Supreme Court, insisting that leadership matters remain internal party affairs.

His words: “To us, that was a clear contradiction against what the Supreme Court said. Secondly, the Supreme Court said that all matters that have to do with the leadership of the political party are internal affairs of the party and that has been the position of the Supreme Court.

“The courts have severely declined jurisdiction on matters that have to do with internal affairs of political parties. Looking at the judgement itself, in one breath, the court said the Caretaker Committee was properly set up, in another breath, the court said, it was an internal affair of a political party. In any event, the court was even wrong to be interpreting the decision of the Supreme Court.

“Secondly, even the Supreme Court never said that our tenure has expired. The Supreme Court simply declined jurisdiction in entertaining the matter because it was an internal affairs of the party.

“In any event, the tenure of the executive had never expired. The tenure of the executive was to expire in June 2024 but the National Convention was held in March, 2024 before the expiration of the then executive, which created the present leadership of the party. So for the court to have stated that the tenure has expired and a vacuum created are all laughable.”

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