LP Faction Accuses INEC Of Flouting Supreme Court Judgement By Dealing With Abure

The Labour Party’s enactment situation took a caller twist connected Tuesday aft the faction led by Senator Nenadi Usman accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of “aiding impersonation” by recognising Julius Abure arsenic the party’s National Chairman astatine a consultative gathering with governmental parties successful Abuja.

In a connection issued by Ken Eluma Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser (Media) to the Interim National Chairman, the faction condemned Abure’s quality astatine the quarterly gathering betwixt INEC and leaders of registered governmental parties, describing it arsenic “a brazen enactment of impersonation” and “a tragic reflection of however acold definite elements wrong INEC are consenting to spell successful defying tribunal judgments.”

The connection work successful part, “While this brazen enactment of impersonation whitethorn look comical to some, it is, successful truth, a tragic reflection of the grade to which definite elements wrong INEC are consenting to compromise the integrity of the Commission by lending themselves to specified ignoble behaviour — successful utter defiance of valid and subsisting tribunal judgments, including that of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”

The faction cited the Supreme Court judgement of April 4, 2025 (Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025), which it said “unequivocally declared that Barr. Julius Abure was nary longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party.”

The connection further referenced a consequent Federal High Court ruling successful Abuja connected August 15, 2025 (Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1523/2025), which “expressly rejected Abure’s prayers” and reaffirmed the apex court’s position.

According to the group, INEC itself had deposed to a antagonistic affidavit dated August 13, 2025, affirming nether oath that Abure was nary longer recognised arsenic the Labour Party’s chairman.

“INEC cannot, successful 1 breath, depose nether oath that Abure is nary longer chairman, and successful another, accord him recognition. Such behaviour amounts to contempt of tribunal and a sedate desecration of the sanctity of our judicial system,” the connection added.

Asogwa recalled that adjacent nether the erstwhile INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Commission had demonstrated “better respect for the regularisation of law” when, connected July 29, 2024, Abure was reportedly ordered retired of a akin consultative gathering “on the wide grounds that helium was nary longer the National Chairman.”

“The question, therefore, is: from wherever did the contiguous actors wrong INEC deduce the authorization to override and overrule these tribunal pronouncements and alteration Abure’s information successful today’s meeting? This reckless show of impunity is unacceptable and indispensable beryllium condemned by each well-meaning Nigerians,” helium queried.

The Labour Party faction warned the “transitional” INEC enactment to tread cautiously, saying “even a little tenure tin permission a lasting stain connected history.” It urged the Commission to instantly enforce the valid tribunal judgments connected the party’s enactment crisis.

“If the existent enactment lacks the courageousness to uphold the regularisation of law, it should astatine slightest refrain from further tarnishing what remains of the Commission’s credibility earlier its eventual exit,” the connection concluded.

LEADERSHIP reports that the quality of Abure and factional National Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, astatine the INEC stakeholder gathering earlier successful the time had reignited interior tensions wrong the Labour Party. Their attendance was publicised by Obiora Ifoh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Abure-led faction, who described them arsenic the “legitimate representatives” of the party.