Electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to identify Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), in spite of retaining his name on its website, on the list of political party chairmen.
This new disclosure is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in light to Labour Party’s suit, challenging its exemption from INEC’s refresher training for uploading party agents, ahead of the Edo and Ondo states gubernatorial elections.
INEC insisted in the document that Abure’s term as the National Chairman of the Labour Party expired in June 2024.
The Labour Party (LP) has been caught in a fresh leadership tussle since June this year, when the party’s congress in Anambra state elongated the tenure of the Julius Abure led executive.
The result of that congress has been questioned by numerous party members, including the former deputy chairman, Callistus Okafor, the Lead Executive of Abia State Alex Otti, and the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi who recently jointly held a national Congress attempting to resolve the impasse.
