The Labour Party (LP) has accused May Agbamuche-Mbu, acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of colluding with Julius Abure, the party’s former national chairman, to subvert justice and disregard a Supreme Court judgement that ended Abure’s tenure.
Nenadi Usman, interim national chairman of the party, made the allegation in a statement on Thursday, describing the development as “a brazen assault on Nigerian democracy.”
Usman alleged that Agbamuche-Mbu convened a meeting with leaders of 18 registered political parties on October 14, 2025, where Abure was “curiously invited.”
She said the following day, the INEC acting chairman justified the decision by citing an alleged order from the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada, purportedly directing INEC to recognize Abure as LP chairman.
According to Usman, an independent investigation by the party revealed that “no such court order exists.”
“While it is true that Mr. Abure filed a suit against INEC in Suit No: CV/1914/2025 before Justice Kayode Agunloye of Court 40, FCT High Court, Gwagwalada, our formal request for a certified true copy (CTC) of any order purportedly recognising him as chairman was met with a categorical confirmation from the court that no such order was ever granted,” the statement read.
The LP leader accused Agbamuche-Mbu of relying on a “fabricated and non-existent order” to justify an illegal and politically motivated act.
“Although it would have still been null and void even if such order existed, especially in the face of the Supreme Court’s unambiguous judgement of April 4, 2025, which conclusively upheld Senator Nenadi Usman’s leadership of the Labour Party, it smacks of fraud, scant regard for our laws, meddlesomeness, and partisanship,” the statement added.
Usman described the development as a “new low” for INEC and called for Agbamuche-Mbu’s immediate arrest and prosecution for “complicity in the criminal forgery of a court order.”
The party also directed its supporters to begin mobilisation for what it described as a “peaceful occupation” of INEC headquarters in Abuja until the acting chairman is prosecuted and the commission complies with the Supreme Court judgement affirming Usman’s leadership.
“As the incoming substantive chairman of INEC prepares to assume office, we urge him to urgently address this grave injustice and purge the commission of elements of destabilisation led by Mrs. Agbamuche-Mbu and her co-conspirators,” the statement concluded.
