{"id":63771,"date":"2025-04-04T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63771"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:20:27","slug":"supreme-court-sacks-lps-national-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/04\/supreme-court-sacks-lps-national-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Sacks LP&#8217;s National Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has removed Julius Abure as National Chairman of the Labour Party, overturning a previous Appeal Court ruling that upheld his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This dramatic verdict, delivered just days before the party\u2019s primary for the Anambra governorship election, has plunged the Labour Party into deep uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>The Appeal Court had earlier ordered that its November 13 judgment in favour of Abure be respected, effectively allowing him to retain his seat.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Supreme Court\u2019s latest ruling has nullified that position, dealing a major blow to Abure\u2019s grip on the party.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions have been swift within party circles, with concerns mounting over the possible impact on the Anambra poll and the overall stability of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour Party\u2019s internal machinery now faces a test of unity and resilience in the wake of this legal bombshell.<\/p>\n<p>As the dust settles, all eyes are on the party\u2019s next move and who will emerge to steer the ship in these turbulent times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Supreme Court has removed Julius Abure as National Chairman of the Labour Party, overturning a previous Appeal Court ruling that upheld his leadership. This dramatic verdict, delivered just days before the party\u2019s primary for the Anambra governorship election, has plunged the Labour Party into deep uncertainty. The Appeal Court had earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1386],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judiciary","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63773,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63771\/revisions\/63773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}