Labour Party: Abure to appeal judgement sacking him as National Chairman

By Jude Opara, Abuja

The Julius Abure led faction of the Labour Party has said it will immediately appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court in FCT which sacked him as National Chairman of the party.

The Court had given recognition to the Caretaker Committee led by Sen. Nenadi Usman as the authentic national leadership of the party.

In a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, the court ruled that the April 4, 2025, verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria was clear that the tenure of Abure as National Chairman of Labour Party had relapsed.

In a statement issued in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary (NPS) of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, the Abure faction said that the judgement was a clear contradiction of the ruling of the Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court judgement clearly stated that no court has the power to appoint leadership for any political party and that leadership issue is an internal affairs of the political party.

“The party is happy that the Federal High Court of the FCT is not the last court, and will go on appeal and put its position before the Court of Appeal”.

Ifoh added that the Abure group was not surprised with the judgement because of what he described as the “body language” around the court.

“Before today’s judgment, we have been suspecting that it may go this way because of the body language around the court. When the matter was first filed, it was assigned to Justice Omotosho and suddenly, there was a sumarsult, as another matter was filed which was impari material and the one sent to Omotosho was withdrawn and now sent to Justice Peter Lifu. That was a red flag for us.

“Secondly, the court refused us the opportunity to respond to issues raised in the counter affidavit filed by other parties and quickly adjourned for judgement. That was the second red flag.

“Our adversaries were all over the places, jubilating weeks before, over a judgement that has not been delivered, telling everyone that they have already won. The jubilation by our adversaries was all over the social media, that come today the judiciary will hand over the party to Dr. Alex Otti.

“To us, that was a clear contradiction against what the Supreme Court said. Secondly, the Supreme Court said that all matters that have to do with the leadership of the political party are internal affairs of the party and that has been the position of the Supreme Court”.

However, the faction urged its members to remain calm assuring that it will do everything within the laws to ensure that justice is served for the interest of the party.