BREAKING: Court affirms Nenadi Usman as LP national chair, sacks Abure
The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the removal of Comrade Julius Abure as national chairman of the Labour Party.
The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Mrs Nenadi Usman-led national caretaker committee as the lawful leadership of the party.
The ruling was disclosed by Inibehe Effiong, a human rights lawyer, in a post on X on Wednesday.
Effiong said he was in court when Justice Lifu delivered the judgment in a related case.
He said the judge upheld the Nenadi Usman-led committee as the only valid leadership of the Labour Party.
According to Effiong, the court reaffirmed that Abure’s tenure had elapsed in line with an earlier supreme court judgment.
He added that the court consequently directed INEC to immediately recognise Usman as the party’s leader.
Effiong wrote, “I am currently before the federal high court in Abuja for a case, and I listened to judgement delivered in another case.
“Honourable Justice Lifu has just upheld Senator Nnadi Esther Usman-led national caretaker committee as the only valid and lawful leadership of the Labour Party.
“The judge reaffirmed that by the supreme court’s judgement, Julius Abure’s tenure had since elapsed. The judge ordered INEC to recognise Nnadi Usman forthwith.”
