A’Court reaffirms Julius Abure as national chairman of Labour Party

BY ANDREW OROLUA

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday reaffirmed it’s earlier decision that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party.

A three-member panel of the appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, held that its judgement of November 13, 2024, which recognizes Abure as national chairman subsists and has not been set aside by Supreme Court.

Justice Barka made the declaration while delivering judgement in two separate appeals filed by Senator Esther Nenadi Usman and the caretaker committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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The two appeals arose from the judgement of Federal High Court that dealt with the leadership tuzzle that had rocked Labour Party.

The appellate court in the two separate appeals held that it did not delve into the issue of the leadership of the Labour Party, because such issues are not justiciable.

According to the appellate court, anything that is done outside jurisdiction amounts to a nullity. Hence the judgement of the Federal High Court delivered on October 8, 2024 by Justice Emeka Nwite is of no effect whatsoever because it was delivered without jurisdiction.

While striking out the suit for want of jurisdiction, he held that the appellate court relied on its previous judgement of November 13 last year to hold that “Abure Remains National Chairman of the Labour Party”.