The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it no longer recognises Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP)....For More READ THE FULL STORY▶▶
The electoral body stated that Abure’s continued claim the position has been deemed “illegal and unconstitutional.”
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INEC noted that Abure’s tenure, along with the party’s national working committee, expired in June 2024.
This decision follows a response from the commission to a lawsuit by the Labour Party, challenging its exclusion from INEC’s refresher training for uploading party agents ahead of the Edo and Ondo governorship elections.
INEC argued that the party’s leadership, including Abure, is invalid and that the March 2024 National Convention that re-elected Abure as chairman violated both the Nigerian Constitution and the Electoral Act.
“It only deals with parties that have legitimate leadership in place,” INEC emphasized.
INEC’s counsel, Tanko Inuwa, SAN, believed that the Labour Party’s suit is seeking declaratory reliefs that could not be granted based on admissions alone, adding that the party needed to prove its case.
It was further stated that due to the Labour Party’s failure to meet legal requirements for holding its national convention, INEC argued that the party no longer has valid leadership.
INEC’s legal counsel prayed the court to dismiss the Labour Party’s suit, asserting that “The Labour Party is not entitled to the reliefs it is seeking.”
Recall that Abure had dismissed allegations of embezzlement, stating that he had no direct access to or involvement with the campaign funds.
“The party and I have been accused of being responsible for Peter Obi’s failure in the 2023 general election. They stated that the campaign, election donations and funds for the payment of agents were mismanaged by the party hence Peter Obi failed in the election,” Abure had stated.
Abure also revealed that, “The election funding was done by Obi himself. As for the donations, the party was not involved. The signatories to these accounts were Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo. They were equally responsible for the payment of Polling Unit Agents.”
In response to Abure’s comment in a viral video, Yesufu, described Abure as “very shameless” for claiming that the polling unit agents were not paid.
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She stated, “What happened to all the millions that people used to buy tickets? You couldn’t use any of it to pay agents.” Yesufu further accused Abure of engaging in outdated practices, saying, “Abure thinks it is in those days when they were doing unionism when nobody had access to the internet, and nobody kept records. They would say anything and get away with it.”▶For More READ THE FULL STORY▶▶
