Abure's sack: Labour Party breaks silence on Supreme Court judgment, releases key statement

• The Supreme Court connected Friday overturned the Court of Appeal's judgement that affirmed Julius Abure arsenic the president of the Labour Party
• The apex tribunal gave a crushed for its determination but the Labour Party maintained that the Supreme Court's verdict was misinterpreted and insisted that Abure remained its chairman
• The nation's oppsotion enactment truthful called connected its aggrieved members to respect interior mechanisms alternatively than resorting to tribunal intervention

Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

On Friday, April 4, the enactment of the Labour Party hailed the judgment of the Supreme Court, saying it validated their earlier presumption that governmental matters are interior affairs of the party.

Supreme Court sacks Abure arsenic LP chairman

Supreme Court overturned the ruling connected Abure’s LP chairmanship. Photo credit: @NgLabour
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While arguing the apex court’s verdict has been mostly misrepresented successful the media, the enactment posited that Julius Abure remains its substantive nationalist chairman.

The nationalist publicity caput of LP, Obiora Ifoh, clarified this successful a statement issued successful Abuja.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court on Friday, acceptable speech the appeal court's judgment of the Court of Appeal declaring Julius Abure arsenic the nationalist president of the Labour Party.

According to the Supreme Court, the appellate tribunal did not person the ineligible lasting to regularisation connected the matter, adding that the enactment enactment situation remained an interior affair.

The chairmanship of Abure is being challenged by immoderate members of the Labour Party, successful which some the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal successful Abuja person declared him authentic.

Abure remains president - LP

Labour Party hails Supreme Court verdict, insists Abure is party's nationalist chairman. Photo credit: @NgLabour
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Reacting, Ifoh insisted that the apex tribunal did not sack Abure.

He said:

“The ultimate tribunal judgement didn’t sack Labour Party nationalist chairman, Julius Abure. Rather it rightly upheld the preceding and accumulated precocious courts and entreaty tribunal judgments upholding the immutability of work of Labour Party structures to take its leaders.“The accusation is precise clear. Abure remains the Labour Party nationalist chairman. The question is: who are the leaders of the party? The enactment constitution is wide arsenic to who are the leaders of the party. The enactment of the enactment has been the National Working Committee led by Barrister Julius Abure.”

Continuing, the LP spokesperson said the enactment constitution is besides wide connected who has the powerfulness to telephone for the nationalist normal oregon immoderate nationalist meeting.

He hinged his statement connected Article 14 of the 2024 constitution arsenic amended, which gives powers to the National Secretary of the enactment “to contented notices of meetings of the nationalist convention, nationalist enforcement council, the nationalist moving committee successful consultation with and support of the National Chairman.”

Why Labour Party is embroiled successful situation

Recall that the enactment situation wrong the Labour Party took a caller twist arsenic the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed that Julius Abure’s tenure arsenic nationalist president ended successful June 2024.

INEC’s effect followed the Labour Party’s ineligible situation regarding its exclusion from the commission’s grooming for enactment agents up of the Edo and Ondo governorship elections.

The committee invalidated the Labour Party's leadership, including the results of its March 2024 nationalist convention, citing violations of the Constitution and the Electoral Act.

This was aft Abure was suspended by the Edo State Executive Committee successful May 2024.

LP crisis: Peter Obi responds to Abure's move

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 statesmanlike candidate, addressed accusations of betrayal made by Abure.

Obi, done his spokesperson Comrade Ibrahim Umar, expressed disappointment with Abure’s claims, describing them arsenic politically motivated.

Obi’s campy reaffirmed their enactment for the stakeholders' actions, urging Abure to judge the outcome.

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Source: Legit.ng