By Patrick Idowu
A Federal High Court in Abuja has removed the Julius Abure-led executive of the Labour Party and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Senator Nenadi Usman as the party’s national chairman.
Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling delivered on Wednesday, held that the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee is the authentic leadership of the party pending the conduct of a national convention.
The court directed INEC to immediately recognise the Usman-led committee as the only valid authority representing the Labour Party for electoral purposes.
The judgment followed a suit marked THC/ABJ/CS/2262/2025 filed by Usman. Justice Lifu reaffirmed the April 4, 2024 judgment of the Supreme Court, which invalidated the Abure-led executive.
The court dismissed Abure’s argument that the matter was an internal party affair, ruling that the establishment of a caretaker committee was a necessity arising from the Supreme Court’s decision.
It would be recalled that the party’s National Executive Committee had earlier removed Abure as chairman following a leadership crisis and subsequently constituted a 29-member caretaker committee chaired by Usman.
