The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which had recognised Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous ruling, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to decide on the party’s leadership.
The court emphasised that political party leadership disputes fall under internal affairs, over which courts have no jurisdiction. It also upheld the appeal filed by Senator Nenadi Usman and another party member while dismissing the cross-appeal filed by Abure’s group as unmeritorious.
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Reacting to the ruling, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, Secretary of the Labour Party’s national caretaker committee, described the verdict as “deserving and encouraging.”
He commended party members for their patience, noting that despite tensions, they refrained from violence.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that leadership disputes within political parties fall outside the judiciary’s jurisdiction, effectively putting an end to Abure’s legal battle to retain his position.
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