Labour Party Faction Slams Abure Over Claim to Chairmanship, Seeks His Prosecution

The Nenadi Usman-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has rebuked Julius Abure for parading himself as the party’s National Chairman, despite the Supreme Court judgment of April 4, 2025.

The faction’s Interim National Secretary, Darlington Nwokocha, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, calling on the Prosecutor-General of the Federation to expedite action on recommendations for Abure’s prosecution over alleged impersonation and other related offences.

The statement was in reaction to an earlier comment by Abure, in which he claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had misconstrued both its refusal to upload the particulars of LP aspirants for the February Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Supreme Court judgment.

Reacting, the Usman-led faction dismissed Abure’s claims, insisting that the apex court’s ruling had effectively ended his tenure as national chairman.

“The Labour Party is not for sale. Mr Abure and his associates should seek legitimate means of livelihood rather than attempting to commercialise political structures,” the statement said.

The faction further accused Abure and his supporters of engaging in serial litigation against the party and INEC.

“It is also instructive from INEC’s statement that Mr Abure and his drowning disciples of political party merchants have metamorphosed into vexatious and abusive litigants, having instituted over twenty court cases against INEC and the Labour Party leadership, led by Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman and Distinguished Senator Darlington Nwokocha, across various courts in the Federation and the FCT in particular,” the statement added.

The faction reiterated its position that the Labour Party leadership under Senator Nenadi Usman remains legitimate and in line with the Supreme Court judgment.