Court orders INEC: Recognise Nenadi Usman-led LP caretaker committee

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sacked Julius Abure as National Chairman of the Labour Party and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the caretaker committee led by Senator Nenadi Usman pending the conduct of the party’s national convention.

Justice Peter Lifu, who delivered the judgment in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/2262/2025, held that Abure’s tenure as national chairman had elapsed.

The judge ruled that the Usman-led caretaker committee remained the only valid authority to act for and represent the Labour Party, relying on the subsisting position of the Supreme Court on the party’s leadership crisis.

Justice Lifu dismissed Abure’s contention that the matter was an internal party affair and therefore non-justiciable, holding that the constitution of the caretaker committee was necessitated by the Supreme Court’s judgment. Punch