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Julius Abure Survives another Another Attempt to Remove Him as LP National Chairman

October 8, 2024

Like a cat with nine lives, national chairman of labour party, Julius Abure, has again survived another attempt to removehim.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed Mr. Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP.

In a judgement that was delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite, the court directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to accord the LP under Abure’s leadership, all the rights and privileges accorded a political party duly registered in Nigeria.

The court also ordered INEC to perform its lawful duty by conducting a refresher training for the upload of LP’s agents into the INEC portal and to issue the plaintiff Abure, the Access Code required to access INEC’s portal for the Ondo Governorship Election scheduled to hold on 16th November 2024.

The judgement followed a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1271/2024, which was brought before the court by Julius Abure.

The INEC was listed as the sole defendant in the matter.

In an affidavit, to support the suit, Abure, told the court that following the death of the National Chairman of the LP, he was on March 29, 2021 lawfully elected as the Acting National Chairman of the party at a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the party that held in Benin City, Edo State,

He told the court that on April 18, 2023, at the National Executive Council, NEC meeting of the party held in Asaba, Delta State and duly monitored by INEC, it was resolved that the tenures of State Chairmen whose tenures had expired, be renewed.

He said it was at the same meeting that some members who were engaged in anti-party activities were expelled and replacements for vacant positions were created as a result of the expulsion, done.

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Abure averred that in line with a consensus that was reached at the meeting, the party subsequently held its National Convention on March 27, 2024, at Nnewi, Anambra State, where we were lawfully elected to the office of National Chairman of the LP.

He said the party under his leadership produced candidates for governorship elections in both Edo and Ondo states.

Abure, explained that on June 28, 2024, INEC, issued to him and 18 other National Chairmen of political parties, a Notice for Inspection of Sensitive Election Materials for the Ondo and Edo state governorship polls.

He decried that a later notice that INEC gave for political parties to nominate two persons from their IT unit to undertake training on how to upload data to INEC’s portal for the impending Ondo state gubernatorial election, was not served on him.

Abure told the court that he became aware of the existence of the said notice of the training by INEC, on August 21, 2024, because he is a member of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC.

Therefore, he prayed the court to intervene by compelling INEC to accord him recognition as the National Chairman of the LP.

While granting the request, Justice Nwite held that he found merit in the case of the plaintiff.

“I am of the view that and so hold that the basis of these cogent verifiable documents, the defendant’s attempt to impeach the validity of the leadership of the plaintiff fails.

“The plaintiff has proved his case

“I hereby make an order compelling the defendant to accord the plaintiff’s political party under the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure all the rights and privileges accorded a political party duly registered in Nigeria,” Justice Nwite held.

It will be recalled that following a leadership crisis that rocked the LP, the NEC of the party, last month, resolved to remove Abure as the National Chairman.

The decision was the outcome of an expanded stakeholders’ meeting of the party that was hosted in Umuahia by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State.

To fill the leadership vacuum, at a meeting chaired by his former ally and candidate of the party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, the party constituted a 29-member caretaker committee, with former finance minister, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, as Chairman and Hon. Darlington Nwokocha as Secretary.

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