The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, has upheld Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), setting aside a previous judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.
The High Court had restrained Abure and two others from acting as national officers of the party, but the Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday that the high court had wrongly assumed jurisdiction in the matter.
In the judgment delivered by Justice Hamman Barka, leading a three-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal, it was held that Abure’s appeal had merit and was allowed.
Justice Barka set aside the lower court’s judgment and awarded a cost of N1 million against the respondents to be paid to Abure.
More details on the judgment are expected to be provided later.
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