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ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has re-enlisted the name of Julius Abure on its website as the National Chairman of Labour Party, Vanguard checks have revealed.

It also re-enlisted Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim as National Secretary of the party.

According to the commission, the reenlistment was based on an order of court.

The commission equally has Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. It did not however indicate whether the decision was based on a court order.

The Supreme Court had last month set aside earlier decisions of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal which recognized Mr Abure as Labour Party’s National Chairman.

Since then, Abure had continued to lay claim to the seat, relying on the apex court’s decision that the issue of his chairmanship remained an internal affair of the Labour Party and was therefore not justiceable.

However, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti and the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Mr Peter Obi had insisted on the validity of a Caretaker Committee, chaired by Senator Nenadi Usman, saying the ruling effectively sacked Abure.

Governor Otti had on April 9 formally presented to INEC, a Certified True Copy of the Supreme Court judgment concerning the party’s leadership.

According to him, the meeting was aimed at fostering clarity, mutual understanding, and institutional alignment regarding the LP’s current.

An INEC source said Abure’s name was re-enlisted after studying the Certified True Copy CTC of the judgment.

According to him, the Supreme Court judgment did not deal with the “Res” or substance of the matter as it only ruled on the lack of jurisdiction by the lower courts, a development which implied that the “status quo ante bellum” remained.

The Supreme Court had also in March overturned the decisions of the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court which sacked Senator Anyanwu as the National Secretary of PDP.

Before then, there had been a protracted leadership tussle between Mr Anyanwu and Mr Sunday Ude-Okoye, who was reportedly chosen by some governors of the party.

Like in the case of the LP, the apex court had ruled that the lower courts had no jurisdiction to have entertained the matter ab initio, which it said remained an internal affair of the PDP.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/scourt-judgement-inec-reinstates-lps-abure-pdps-anyanwu-names-on-website/

Haaaaa wahala.

E don finish for Labor party with this.

Abure already suspended Otti nao, he can just prop up someone from the LG to make it official.

Obi can’t manage an ordinary 2by2 party and he wan manage Nigeria.

INEC is corn-fused

LegendHero:
Haaaaa wahala.

E don finish for Labor party with this.

Have you seen the video of Akpabio slamming Peter Obi and advising him to fix the issues of his small Labour party first before aspiring to be President where he would be required to fix bigger issues. Lol.

Slytiger:

Have you seen the video of Akpabio slamming Peter Obi and advising him to fix the issues of his small Labour party first before aspiring to be President where he would be required to fix bigger issues. Lol.

En en I think I saw that today too.

The reason he keep running his mouth everywhere is because people in power don’t usually respond to him in real banter.

How can someone wey no conduct LG election be saying someone is in undemocratic.

Give it to tinubu. He has made sure everything works out according to his dictate.

They should just allow him see out his remaining years in power. Buhari should be blamed in all of this, you know how greedy and corrupt tinubu is yet because of your indifference to your party activities, you allowed a dictator from Lagos to corner the rest of the country to his pocket

How else do you explain the fate of the opposition parties in Nigeria today. It's bizarre

But let it be on record that a precedent has been set by a Yoruba president. I just hope when another person from another tribe takes the mantle,I don't want to see those fake pastors and fake professors from the south west speak again.

Validated:
INEC is corn-fused

Just like Labour party

Allex Otti suspension stand. It remains Peter Obi.

INEC is doing the hatchet job for tinubu and APC.
God will definitely intervene, God them

fergie001 was arguing. Congrats to our Chairman, Mr Julius Abure.

zero8zero:
fergie0.01 was arguing. Congrats to our Chairman, Mr Julius Abure.

I can tell you clearly that INEC is wrong and fostering the crisis.
PDP's clear because Wike and Damagum have overpowered that Party but you see for LP, INEC is simply a Party to the crisis.

I am waiting, I know INEC will deny it.

INEC is not supreme court.

The leadership of a party is an internal matter.

Abure, an agent of confusion.

Well done INEC and their partner in rigging, Supreme Court

apapa is our national chairman

fergie001:

I can tell you clearly that INEC is wrong and fostering the crisis.
PDP's clear because Wike and Damagum have overpowered that Party but you see for LP, INEC is simply a Party to the crisis.

I am waiting, I know INEC will deny it.

Do you have a copy of the CTC?

According to him, the Supreme Court judgment did not deal with the “Res” or substance of the matter as it only ruled on the lack of jurisdiction by the lower courts, a development which implied that the “status quo ante bellum” remained.

This is very commendable from INEC.
Senator Samuel anyanwu is PDP authentic national secretary, while Julius abure is labour party national chairman

Very sad. Some demons are after the heart of Labour party

Abure name has always been there. His name will be removed soonest. INEC did not receive Anambra gubernatorial candidate list from him

Slytiger:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/scourt-judgement-inec-reinstates-lps-abure-pdps-anyanwu-names-on-website/

Thats what was there since a year ago. INEC did not receive Anambra LP gubernatorial name from Abure.

LegendHero:
Haaaaa wahala.

E don finish for Labor party with this.

Abure already suspended Otti nao, he can just prop up someone from the LG to make it official.

Obi can’t manage an ordinary 2by2 party and he wan manage Nigeria.

Validated:
INEC is corn-fused

That’s the only sensible thing to do. Recognizing Nenadi Usman who is not even a member of the party would have been absolutely baseless and ridiculous.

fergie001:

I can tell you clearly that INEC is wrong and fostering the crisis.
PDP's clear because Wike and Damagum have overpowered that Party but you see for LP, INEC is simply a Party to the crisis.

I am waiting, I know INEC will deny it.

After reading the judgement of the SC, this is the only sensible position to take. Abure was the last known validly elected chairman of the party. If the court says everyone should go back to the party mechanism for solution, then the last known validly elected PARTY LEADERS should lead the process and not an unknown character who was selected by a gang of characters that have never held or been elected into party positions before.


Nenadi Usman and her committee were not a product of any known party process. Those that crowned her have no legal basis to appoint her to that position. The least INEC can do is to recognize Abure and give him the chance to lead the process of resolving the party crisis.

zero8zero:


Do you have a copy of the CTC?

For LP, Yes.

ALTERNATEID:
After reading the judgement of the SC, this is the only sensible position to take. Abure was the last known validly elected chairman of the party. If the court says everyone should go back to the party mechanism for solution, then the last known validly elected PARTY LEADERS should lead the process and not an unknown character who was selected by a gang of characters that have never held or been elected into party positions before.

Nenadi Usman and her committee were not a product of any known party process. Those that crowned her have no legal basis to appoint her to that position. The least INEC can do is to recognize Abure and give him the chance to lead the process of resolving the party crisis.

For the umpteenth time, I have said this is not true.
Abure's tenure has ended, INEC acknowledged that.
The process that brought him back for another term, no Ward or Zonal Congresses, INEC also publicly noted that.

Now, it's simple like I have said many times, the NEC of the Party can be called at any time with or without the NWC's consent. NEC meetings that held during PDP were called for by Jonathan as leader of the Party. Two-thirds majority of NEC can force NEC. No Chairman calls for NEC unless he is doubly sire of been safe.

During the Giadom/Oshiomhole brouhaha, who pushed for NEC, Buhari.
Like I have said, NLC is one of the cardinal pillars of the LP.
INEC was present at the NEC meeting that produced Nenadi.
All Reps except Etanabene, of Senate, gubernatorial candidates, Governor, majority State Chairmen, majority Ward and Zonal Chairmen, majority LG Chairmen, National leader: Obi, Deputy Chairperson LP/Vice President NLC chaired the meeting. So who else is the NEC?.

If we both angry that his tenure was expired and his "re-election" was fraught with irregularities all round, should he still be there or there should be a caretaker? Who has the responsibility of appointing a caretaker.... NEC.
That is the highest ruling authority of any Party in Nigeria except the National Convention.

I repeat again for emphasis, that INEC will deny this, otherwise they are a party to the crisis.

I warned Obidients but they insulted me.

Abure go show una pepper.

Where is penguins Abi wetin the atuntu call himself to come and tell us their crayfish supreme agulu clown has everything under control .

Lol

It's part of una strategy to weaken the opposition

Chimookigwe:
I warned Obidients but they insulted me.

Abure go show una pepper.

When lamidi Apapa swr for them dem think say d man dey joke

fergie001:

For the umpteenth time, I have said this is not true.
Abure's tenure has ended, INEC acknowledged that.
The process that brought him back for another term, no Ward or Zonal Congresses, INEC also publicly noted that.

Now, it's simple like I have said many times, the NEC of the Party can be called at any time with or without the NWC's consent. NEC meetings that held during PDP were called for by Jonathan as leader of the Party. Two-thirds majority of NEC can force NEC. No Chairman calls for NEC unless he is doubly sire of been safe.

During the Giadom/Oshiomhole brouhaha, who pushed for NEC, Buhari.
Like I have said, NLC is one of the cardinal pillars of the LP.

Baba, you go explain taya.

You now know that NLC is one of the cardinal pillars of the LP? how Obidients were insulting Ajaero.
No problem bro. I just dey laugh

Tinubu is hell bent to turn the nation to one party state but he will fail

It is very clear now that Inec is not independent and working for ApC. This is very sad and embarrassing. Nigeria rule of law is gone. Very people now decide how the country should be govern.
INEC you are calling for anarchy