Labour Party Cut to Size: Court Sacks Abure, Orders INEC to Recognize Nenadi-led Leadership
A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided Julius Abure’s claim to be the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).
Justice Peter Lifu, in a judgment on Wednesday, relied on the April 4, 2025, decision of the Supreme Court and declared that a former Minister of Finance, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, is the valid leader of the party.
Justice Lifu then 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 judgment was on a suit marked: THC/ABJ/CS/2262/2025, filed by Usman, which has Abure and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) as defendants.
Justice Lifu held that the evidence before him showed that Abure’s tenure, as LP’s National Chairman, had since expired.
The judge rejected Abure’s contention that the subject of the suit related to the internal affairs of the LP as a political party, which are ordinarily non-justiciable.
Justice Lifu held that the setting up of the Caretaker Committee of the LP, headed by Usman, was “a necessity” that arose from the order of the Supreme Court.
Labour Party Cut to Size: Court Sacks Abure, Orders INEC to Recognize Nenadi-led Leadership
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Jan 21, 2026