Facts have emerged why the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, declaring that his tenure had elapsed.
Recall that the court also ordered the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, to instead recognize the Senator Nenadi Usman-led
National Caretaker Committee as the party’s lawful leadership.
The report was based on an account by a human rights lawyer,
Inibehe Effiong, who had posted on X, said he was present at the Federal High
Court when the judgment was delivered.
However, DAILY POST learnt that Justice Peter Lifu delivered
the judgment relying on the April 4, 2025, verdict of the Supreme Court to
recognise Usman as the valid leader of the party.
The judgment followed a litigation marked
FHC/ABJ/CS/2262/2025, filed by the former Minister of Finance.
Abure and the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, were,
respectively, listed as defendants in the matter.
The court held that evidence before it clearly showed that
Abure’s tenure as LP national chairman had expired.
It also dismissed Abure’s argument that the matter was an
internal party affair not subject to judicial review, ruling that the
establishment of a caretaker committee was “a necessity” arising from the
Supreme Court’s decision.
Recall that the party’s National Executive Committee,
NEC, removed Abure as national chairman and constituted a 29-member caretaker
committee, with Usman as chairman.
The decision followed an expanded stakeholders’ meeting of
the party held in Umuahia, Abia State, which was hosted by Governor Alex Otti.
The meeting was chaired by the Labour Party’s 2023
presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
Abure had challenged his removal in court, seeking
validation of his position as national chairman.
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