The 2023 vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, was present at the National Executive Council meeting of the Julius Abure faction of the party on Monday. The Labour Party has been embroiled in an internal crisis which has divided the party into two factions, with Abure leading one faction while Nenadi…
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday played host to Julius Abure, factional chairman of the Labour Party. The purpose of the visit was unknown as of the time of filing this report, but it has set tongues wagging. Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is serving in the government of the All…
The camp of the Labour Party (LP) led by the National Chairman, Mr Julius Abure, has absolved the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of blame in the leadership crisis rocking the party. The camp instead accused the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and the Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, of fomenting…
National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has fired back at critics within the party, including 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, over recent allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, Abure challenged his opponents to prove they gave him or the party any money…
The Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party National Caretaker Committee (LP-NCC) has announced the suspension of former National Chairman and Secretary of the party, Barr. Julius Abure and Alhaji Farouk Umar, for a period of six months. This was contained in a statement signed by Usman and the LP-NCC’s Secretary, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, in Abuja, late…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Checks reveal that INEC has updated its website to reflect these names. The commission also listed Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim as the…
The protracted leadership crisis in the Labour Party (LP) deepened on Monday as the two opposing parties summoned separate National Executive Council (NEC) meetings on the way forward after last Friday’s Supreme Court judgement on the matter. While the Barrister Julius Abure-led party leadership has summoned a NEC meeting currently ongoing in Abuja at the…
Labour Party has said the Supreme Court did not sack Julius Abure as the party’s chairman in the judgement delivered on Friday, contrary to speculations in the media Obiora Ifoh, the National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party said this in a short statement he posted on the party’s social media platform following the Supreme Court…
The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure National Chairman…
The National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Labour Party has asked the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to charge the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure and three others to court over allegations of perjury, forgery and criminal conspiracy. The committee also wants Umar Farouk Ibrahim, Ojukwu Clement and…