By Bolanle Olabimtan
The supreme court has set aside the judgment of the court of appeal in Abuja which recognised Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).
In a verdict delivered today Friday been 4th of April, 2025, a five-member panel of the apex court unanimously held that the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to have affirmed Abure as chairman of the LP, since the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.
It held that the issue of leadership was an internal affair of a party over which courts lack jurisdiction.
The court allowed the appeal filed by Senator Ester Nenadi Usman and one other and held that it was meritorious.
It proceeded to dismiss the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the LP got being unmeritorious.
