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Party politics: INEC, Presidency Complicits in Sustaining illegality to undermine Labour Party - Eragbe
Party politics: INEC, Presidency Complicits in Sustaining illegality to undermine Labour Party - Eragbe
Labour Party: Sir Dele Abiola to Lead Oyo State Interim State Working Committee - iNWC
The interim National Working Committee (INWC) of Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has constituted the interim state working committees for the States of the federation.
In Oyo State, Sir Dele Abiola has been appointed as the interim Chairman for the Chapter of the party. This is according to the approved 24 member's list signed by the interim National Chairman and interim National Secretary of the party Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman and Distinguished Senator Darlington Nwokocha.
"The interim National Working Committee (INWC) of our great party (LP) has in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the statutory National Executive Council (NEC) pursuant to its resolutions of Friday July 18th 2025 in line with Labour Party Constitution 2019 (as amended) approved the appointment of the following members to serve as the Oyo interim State Working Committee leadership."
The interim National Working Committee (INWC) of Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has constituted the interim state working committees for the States of the federation.
In Oyo State, Sir Dele Abiola has been appointed as the interim Chairman for the Chapter of the party. This is according to the approved 24 member's list signed by the interim National Chairman and interim National Secretary of the party Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman and Distinguished Senator Darlington Nwokocha.
"The interim National Working Committee (INWC) of our great party (LP) has in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the statutory National Executive Council (NEC) pursuant to its resolutions of Friday July 18th 2025 in line with Labour Party Constitution 2019 (as amended) approved the appointment of the following members to serve as the Oyo interim State Working Committee leadership."
PRESS RELEASE: LABOUR PARTY SUBMITS LIST OF INTERIM STATE WORKING COMMITTEES (ISWC) TO INEC, CONSTITUTES MEMBERSHIP REVALIDATION COMMITTEE
PRESS RELEASE: LABOUR PARTY SUBMITS LIST OF INTERIM STATE WORKING COMMITTEES (ISWC) TO INEC, CONSTITUTES MEMBERSHIP REVALIDATION COMMITTEE
Friday 5th December, 2025
"In line with the Constitution of the Labour Party and the resolutions of the Statutory NEC meeting held on 18th July 2025 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the Labour Party on 5th December 2025 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the list of State Working Committee members for 32 states of the Federation and the FCT.
The State Working Committee lists for Ondo, Ekiti, Niger, and Kwara States are currently being finalised and will be forwarded to INEC in a subsequent correspondence. The Labour Party urges party faithfuls in the affected states to remain patient as urgent steps are being taken to resolve local issues involving party leaders in these four states.
Furthermore, as part of renewed efforts to strengthen the party’s preparedness for the 2027 presidential, national, and local elections, the Labour Party has notified INEC of the constitution of a National Steering Committee for Membership Revalidation/New Registration. This committee will also oversee the national launch of the Labour Party’s Nationwide Membership Drive, codenamed Labour Party Connect 10 Million Nigerians… Connecting 10 Million Patriots for a New Nigeria.
The Membership Revalidation/New Registration exercise is chaired by His Excellency, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu, Deputy Governor of Abia State, with Comrade Ladi Iliya and Dr. Kingsley Okundaye serving as Deputy Chairmen with Kamal Yusuf Ahmed as Secretary.
The Labour Party enjoins its members and teeming supporters nationwide to take full advantage of the revalidation exercise scheduled to commence on December 17, 2025 and end on January 20, 2026, in order to revalidate their membership of the party. The party also calls on Nigerians who continue to bear the brunt of the current APC government's misrule to register with the Labour Party and be part of the movement for a New Nigeria.
The Party also urges the newly constituted Interim State Working Committees to cooperate fully with the National Steering Committee for Membership Revalidation/New Registration to ensure a seamless exercise and to help the party surpass its projected target of registering 10 million members within the stipulated time frame.
The Labour Party expresses profound appreciation to the Nigerian people, especially the media, for their steadfast support during recent challenging times. We urge all Nigerians to remain vigilant, as the forces that orchestrated the past crises - now resolved by the apex court - are still lurking around.
Labour Party… Forward Ever!
Ife Salako
Interim National Publicity Secretary
5th December 2025"
Friday 5th December, 2025
"In line with the Constitution of the Labour Party and the resolutions of the Statutory NEC meeting held on 18th July 2025 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the Labour Party on 5th December 2025 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the list of State Working Committee members for 32 states of the Federation and the FCT.
The State Working Committee lists for Ondo, Ekiti, Niger, and Kwara States are currently being finalised and will be forwarded to INEC in a subsequent correspondence. The Labour Party urges party faithfuls in the affected states to remain patient as urgent steps are being taken to resolve local issues involving party leaders in these four states.
Furthermore, as part of renewed efforts to strengthen the party’s preparedness for the 2027 presidential, national, and local elections, the Labour Party has notified INEC of the constitution of a National Steering Committee for Membership Revalidation/New Registration. This committee will also oversee the national launch of the Labour Party’s Nationwide Membership Drive, codenamed Labour Party Connect 10 Million Nigerians… Connecting 10 Million Patriots for a New Nigeria.
The Membership Revalidation/New Registration exercise is chaired by His Excellency, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu, Deputy Governor of Abia State, with Comrade Ladi Iliya and Dr. Kingsley Okundaye serving as Deputy Chairmen with Kamal Yusuf Ahmed as Secretary.
The Labour Party enjoins its members and teeming supporters nationwide to take full advantage of the revalidation exercise scheduled to commence on December 17, 2025 and end on January 20, 2026, in order to revalidate their membership of the party. The party also calls on Nigerians who continue to bear the brunt of the current APC government's misrule to register with the Labour Party and be part of the movement for a New Nigeria.
The Party also urges the newly constituted Interim State Working Committees to cooperate fully with the National Steering Committee for Membership Revalidation/New Registration to ensure a seamless exercise and to help the party surpass its projected target of registering 10 million members within the stipulated time frame.
The Labour Party expresses profound appreciation to the Nigerian people, especially the media, for their steadfast support during recent challenging times. We urge all Nigerians to remain vigilant, as the forces that orchestrated the past crises - now resolved by the apex court - are still lurking around.
Labour Party… Forward Ever!
Ife Salako
Interim National Publicity Secretary
5th December 2025"
Breaking: Labour Party Submits Interim State Working Committees EXCOS To INEC
The Labour Party of Nigeria LP has forwarded the names and members of the state working committee of the party to the Nigeria's Electoral umpire.
In a document signed by the party Chairman Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman and Party Secretary, Distinguished Senator Darlington Nwokocha, addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contained the list of the State interims working committees of the party from across the States of the federation.
The Labour Party of Nigeria LP has forwarded the names and members of the state working committee of the party to the Nigeria's Electoral umpire.
In a document signed by the party Chairman Distinguished Senator Nenadi Usman and Party Secretary, Distinguished Senator Darlington Nwokocha, addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contained the list of the State interims working committees of the party from across the States of the federation.
Labour Party BOT: Unilateral actions of Seyi Showunmi in the Southwest must be Checked - Ogun State LP Chairman
Labour Party BOT: Unilateral actions of Seyi Showunmi in the Southwest must be Checked - Ogun State LP Chairman
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| Apagun Olaolu Samuel |
Ogun State interim Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Apagun Olaolu Samuel has called on the Labour Party Board Of Trustees to checkmate the unilateral activities of the Honourable representing Ojo Federal Constituency of LAGOS STATE Seyi Sowunmi in the South West.
According to the letter addressed to the Secretary of the BOT and made available to the media , with the exception of Ogun State which has been an integral part of NWC if the party from the beginning, Seyi Sowunmi has been unilaterally nominating members of the interim national working committee for the Southwest without proper consultation.
It's noteworthy to add that in another petition to the Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party by the Oyo State Stakeholders of the LP, Sowunmi has also been accused of trying to supplanted the authentic Labour Party structures in some states to set up his own State Working Committee for the Labour Party.
With individuals of questionable intents like Seyi Sowunmi, the party may only be moving from one crises to the other.
Below is the letter addressed to the Labour BOT Secretary:
To:
The Secretary,
Board of Trustee
Labour Party,
Nigeria,
Abuja.
*Petition Against Hon. Seyi Showunmi’s Unilateral Actions in the Southwest Region*
Dear Sir,
I am writing to formally express my concerns regarding the unilateral political activities of Hon. Seyi Showunmi within the Southwest region. It has come to my attention that he has been nominating members of the interim national working committee for the Southwest without proper consultation, with the exception of Ogun State, which has been an integral part of our party from the beginning.
Furthermore, it is alarming that he is also presenting nominations for the state working committees without engaging with key stakeholders and local party members. He claims to represent the Southwest leadership of the Labour Party, yet his actions suggest a self-serving agenda which undermines our democratic principles.
His antecedents in Lagos are also a clear example of his undemocratic tendencies.
If these actions continue unchecked, we risk creating a similar situation to that of Abayomi Arabambi, wherein one individual manipulates the party framework to benefit personal interests rather than those of all party members throughout the region. It is crucial to note that Hon. Showunmi’s jurisdiction is limited primarily to his role as a House of Representatives member in the OJO Constituency in Lagos. His attempts to exert influence across the Southwest should be scrutinized before he succeeds in destabilizing the Party.
We urge the national body to take immediate action to address these issues and ensure a fair and representative process for all nominations within the Labour Party in the Southwest. It is essential that we uphold the core values of democracy, inclusivity, and collaboration that our party represents.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
*Apagun Olaolu Samuel*
Chairman
Labour Party
Ogun State
Cc:
Chairman,
NLC Political Commission
Abuja
Secretary
Labour Party National
Abuja
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| Apagun Olaolu Samuel |
Ogun State interim Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Apagun Olaolu Samuel has called on the Labour Party Board Of Trustees to checkmate the unilateral activities of the Honourable representing Ojo Federal Constituency of LAGOS STATE Seyi Sowunmi in the South West.
According to the letter addressed to the Secretary of the BOT and made available to the media , with the exception of Ogun State which has been an integral part of NWC if the party from the beginning, Seyi Sowunmi has been unilaterally nominating members of the interim national working committee for the Southwest without proper consultation.
It's noteworthy to add that in another petition to the Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party by the Oyo State Stakeholders of the LP, Sowunmi has also been accused of trying to supplanted the authentic Labour Party structures in some states to set up his own State Working Committee for the Labour Party.
With individuals of questionable intents like Seyi Sowunmi, the party may only be moving from one crises to the other.
Below is the letter addressed to the Labour BOT Secretary:
To:
The Secretary,
Board of Trustee
Labour Party,
Nigeria,
Abuja.
*Petition Against Hon. Seyi Showunmi’s Unilateral Actions in the Southwest Region*
Dear Sir,
I am writing to formally express my concerns regarding the unilateral political activities of Hon. Seyi Showunmi within the Southwest region. It has come to my attention that he has been nominating members of the interim national working committee for the Southwest without proper consultation, with the exception of Ogun State, which has been an integral part of our party from the beginning.
Furthermore, it is alarming that he is also presenting nominations for the state working committees without engaging with key stakeholders and local party members. He claims to represent the Southwest leadership of the Labour Party, yet his actions suggest a self-serving agenda which undermines our democratic principles.
His antecedents in Lagos are also a clear example of his undemocratic tendencies.
If these actions continue unchecked, we risk creating a similar situation to that of Abayomi Arabambi, wherein one individual manipulates the party framework to benefit personal interests rather than those of all party members throughout the region. It is crucial to note that Hon. Showunmi’s jurisdiction is limited primarily to his role as a House of Representatives member in the OJO Constituency in Lagos. His attempts to exert influence across the Southwest should be scrutinized before he succeeds in destabilizing the Party.
We urge the national body to take immediate action to address these issues and ensure a fair and representative process for all nominations within the Labour Party in the Southwest. It is essential that we uphold the core values of democracy, inclusivity, and collaboration that our party represents.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
*Apagun Olaolu Samuel*
Chairman
Labour Party
Ogun State
Cc:
Chairman,
NLC Political Commission
Abuja
Secretary
Labour Party National
Abuja
To Senator Nenadi Usman: Petition Against Hon. Seyi Showunmi’s Unilateral Actions in the Southwest Region
To Senator Nenadi Usman: Petition Against Hon. Seyi Showunmi’s Unilateral Actions in the Southwest Region
5th, December 2025
To:
The Interim Chairperson,
Labour Party,
Nigeria,
Abuja.
*Petition Against Hon. Seyi Showunmi’s Unilateral Actions in the Southwest Region*
Dear Madam,
I am writing to formally express my concerns regarding the unilateral political activities of Hon. Seyi Showunmi within the Southwest region. It has come to my attention that he has been nominating members of the interim national working committee for the Southwest without proper consultation, with the exception of Ogun State, which has been an integral part of our party from the beginning.
Furthermore, it is alarming that he is also presenting nominations for the state working committees without engaging with key stakeholders and local party members. He claims to represent the Southwest leadership of the Labour Party, yet his actions suggest a self-serving agenda which undermines our democratic principles.
His antecedents in Lagos are also a clear example of his undemocratic tendencies.
If these actions continue unchecked, we risk creating a similar situation to that of Abayomi Arabambi, wherein one individual manipulates the party framework to benefit personal interests rather than those of all party members throughout the region. It is crucial to note that Hon. Showunmi’s jurisdiction is limited primarily to his role as a House of Representatives member in the OJO Constituency in Lagos. His attempts to exert influence across the Southwest should be scrutinized before he succeeds in destabilizing the Party.
We urge the national body to take immediate action to address these issues and ensure a fair and representative process for all nominations within the Labour Party in the Southwest. It is essential that we uphold the core values of democracy, inclusivity, and collaboration that our party represents.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
*Apagun Olaolu Samuel*
Chairman
Labour Party
Ogun State
Cc:
Chairman,
NLC Political Commission
Abuja
Secretary
Labour Party National
Abuja
5th, December 2025
To:
The Interim Chairperson,
Labour Party,
Nigeria,
Abuja.
*Petition Against Hon. Seyi Showunmi’s Unilateral Actions in the Southwest Region*
Dear Madam,
I am writing to formally express my concerns regarding the unilateral political activities of Hon. Seyi Showunmi within the Southwest region. It has come to my attention that he has been nominating members of the interim national working committee for the Southwest without proper consultation, with the exception of Ogun State, which has been an integral part of our party from the beginning.
Furthermore, it is alarming that he is also presenting nominations for the state working committees without engaging with key stakeholders and local party members. He claims to represent the Southwest leadership of the Labour Party, yet his actions suggest a self-serving agenda which undermines our democratic principles.
His antecedents in Lagos are also a clear example of his undemocratic tendencies.
If these actions continue unchecked, we risk creating a similar situation to that of Abayomi Arabambi, wherein one individual manipulates the party framework to benefit personal interests rather than those of all party members throughout the region. It is crucial to note that Hon. Showunmi’s jurisdiction is limited primarily to his role as a House of Representatives member in the OJO Constituency in Lagos. His attempts to exert influence across the Southwest should be scrutinized before he succeeds in destabilizing the Party.
We urge the national body to take immediate action to address these issues and ensure a fair and representative process for all nominations within the Labour Party in the Southwest. It is essential that we uphold the core values of democracy, inclusivity, and collaboration that our party represents.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
*Apagun Olaolu Samuel*
Chairman
Labour Party
Ogun State
Cc:
Chairman,
NLC Political Commission
Abuja
Secretary
Labour Party National
Abuja
Labour Party BOT Says Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee Remained Dissolved, Disclaimer Statement Forged
Labour Party BOT Says Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee Remained Dissolved, Disclaimer Statement Forged
BOT Sets to Address Live Press conference
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Source within the Labour Party BOT has confirmed that Board of the Trustees of the party (BOT) and signatories have affirmed that they stand by the dissolution of the Nenadi Usman interim national working committee of the party."
According to the source: "That the purported "disclaimer" to BOT's sack of the Nenadi Usman committee is a desperate criminal *FORGERY* by members of the defunct Nenadi Usman committee, carried out in the same criminal tradition of Julius Abure whom they accuse of forgery and perjury."
Forged Disclaimer
The BOT shall address a live press conference in the nearest days ahead to reaffirm the sack of the Nenadi committee, expose the criminal forgery of this disclaimer and take further actions to help Labour Party members nationwide and the Nigerian public on general separate the authentic Labour Party from criminal elements in both the Abure renegades camp and the disbanded Nenadi Usman group.
Labour Party, a major opposition political party in the 2023 general elections plunged into leadership crises may fail to be the rallying platform in the 2027 general elections as the crisis may be deepening.
Earlier Desolation Letter
BOT Sets to Address Live Press conference
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Source within the Labour Party BOT has confirmed that Board of the Trustees of the party (BOT) and signatories have affirmed that they stand by the dissolution of the Nenadi Usman interim national working committee of the party."
According to the source: "That the purported "disclaimer" to BOT's sack of the Nenadi Usman committee is a desperate criminal *FORGERY* by members of the defunct Nenadi Usman committee, carried out in the same criminal tradition of Julius Abure whom they accuse of forgery and perjury."
Forged Disclaimer
The BOT shall address a live press conference in the nearest days ahead to reaffirm the sack of the Nenadi committee, expose the criminal forgery of this disclaimer and take further actions to help Labour Party members nationwide and the Nigerian public on general separate the authentic Labour Party from criminal elements in both the Abure renegades camp and the disbanded Nenadi Usman group.
Labour Party, a major opposition political party in the 2023 general elections plunged into leadership crises may fail to be the rallying platform in the 2027 general elections as the crisis may be deepening.
Earlier Desolation Letter
Labour Party BOT: Disclaimer Over the Letter Dated 2nd December 2025 And Tilted Expiration Of Labour Party Interim National Working Committee (NWC) Purportedly Written By The Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees And Secretary Board Of Trustees
Labour Party BOT: Disclaimer Over the Letter Dated 2nd December 2025 And Tilted Expiration Of Labour Party Interim National Working Committee (NWC) Purportedly Written By The Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees And Secretary Board Of Trustees
The Labour Party (LP) Board of Trustees BOT Chairman Comrade S.O.Z EJIO and Secretary Comrade Salisu Mohammed has issued a disclaimer statement against the letter in circulation on the social media domains about the dissolution of the Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party.
Both the Chairman and the Secretary in letter signed by the duo today 3rd December 2025 dissociated themselves from the fake letter.
Below is the newly released letter:
Earlier Letter in Circulation:
The Labour Party (LP) Board of Trustees BOT Chairman Comrade S.O.Z EJIO and Secretary Comrade Salisu Mohammed has issued a disclaimer statement against the letter in circulation on the social media domains about the dissolution of the Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party.
Both the Chairman and the Secretary in letter signed by the duo today 3rd December 2025 dissociated themselves from the fake letter.
Below is the newly released letter:
Earlier Letter in Circulation:
BREAKING: Labour Party BOT Dissolve Nenadi Usman Led interim National Working Committee (iNWC)
The Labour Party (LP) Board of Trustees BOT has dissolved the Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party.
In a letter that surface on the internet, signed by COMRADE S.O.Z. EJIO and COMRADE SALISU MOHAMMED as the Chairman and Secretary of the party's BOT respectively, notify the interim leadership of the expiration and dissolution of the of the body
The letter Titled EXPIRATION OF LABOUR PARTY INTERIM NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE (iNWC) reads in part.
The Board of Trustees (BOT) and National Executive Council (NEC) members, custodians and guardians
of the Labour Party of Nigeria, hereby notify you of the expiration and dissolution of the interim National Working Committee (iNWC) of the Labour Party headed by Sen. Nenadi Esther Usman as interim National Chairman and Sen. Nwaokocha Darlington as interim National Secretary.
The statutory NEC of the party will meet in due course to constitute a new National Working Committee in accordance with the party's constitution and the Electoral Act 2022.
This action is taken to save the Labour Party from further derailment, nationwide desertion and the destruction of Nigeria workers' last hope to rescue our country to the path of progress through true democratic governance.
You will recall that a three months (90 days) time frame was given to your committee on September 4, 2024 at Umuahia, Abia state, to organize nationwide congresses and national convention to elect substantive of our party nationwide, but failed to achieve the said objectives after over 400 days or well more than a year.
In spite of this failure, the statutory NEC meeting of the Labour Party, which held on July 18, 2025 at
Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, re-appointed you to lead the INWC of the party for another period of 90 days to accomplish the same task. This time frame elapsed again on October 17, 2025 without achieving our party's ultimate goal of fruitful participation in all elections of the country during the period and the forthcoming 2027 general elections of Nigeria, the overwhelming incompetence of the dissolved NWC resulting in party members' plunging loss of faith and unabated desertion of our party nationwide to other political parties.
Subsequent to the above, you are hereby requested to halt every activity in the name of the Labour Party and handover all documents of the party in your possession to the secretary of the Board of Trustees (BOT).
While thanking you for your contributions in the past, we wish you well in your future endeavours and remain with best regards.
Hopefully, this will be a way forward and not another step towards more distablisation of the party .
What do you think?
The Labour Party (LP) Board of Trustees BOT has dissolved the Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party.
In a letter that surface on the internet, signed by COMRADE S.O.Z. EJIO and COMRADE SALISU MOHAMMED as the Chairman and Secretary of the party's BOT respectively, notify the interim leadership of the expiration and dissolution of the of the body
The letter Titled EXPIRATION OF LABOUR PARTY INTERIM NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE (iNWC) reads in part.
The Board of Trustees (BOT) and National Executive Council (NEC) members, custodians and guardians
of the Labour Party of Nigeria, hereby notify you of the expiration and dissolution of the interim National Working Committee (iNWC) of the Labour Party headed by Sen. Nenadi Esther Usman as interim National Chairman and Sen. Nwaokocha Darlington as interim National Secretary.
The statutory NEC of the party will meet in due course to constitute a new National Working Committee in accordance with the party's constitution and the Electoral Act 2022.
This action is taken to save the Labour Party from further derailment, nationwide desertion and the destruction of Nigeria workers' last hope to rescue our country to the path of progress through true democratic governance.
You will recall that a three months (90 days) time frame was given to your committee on September 4, 2024 at Umuahia, Abia state, to organize nationwide congresses and national convention to elect substantive of our party nationwide, but failed to achieve the said objectives after over 400 days or well more than a year.
In spite of this failure, the statutory NEC meeting of the Labour Party, which held on July 18, 2025 at
Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, re-appointed you to lead the INWC of the party for another period of 90 days to accomplish the same task. This time frame elapsed again on October 17, 2025 without achieving our party's ultimate goal of fruitful participation in all elections of the country during the period and the forthcoming 2027 general elections of Nigeria, the overwhelming incompetence of the dissolved NWC resulting in party members' plunging loss of faith and unabated desertion of our party nationwide to other political parties.
Subsequent to the above, you are hereby requested to halt every activity in the name of the Labour Party and handover all documents of the party in your possession to the secretary of the Board of Trustees (BOT).
While thanking you for your contributions in the past, we wish you well in your future endeavours and remain with best regards.
Hopefully, this will be a way forward and not another step towards more distablisation of the party .
What do you think?
Labour Party (LP) Press Statement : "COURT STOPS ABURE FROM GOING AHEAD WITH HIS ILLEGAL CONGRESSES
The general public, particularly all Labour Party (LP) supporters across the country, are hereby notified that on 26th November, 2025, the High Court of Abia State sitting in Isiala Ngwa granted an interim order in Suit No: HIN/47/2025.
The order, sought by Hon. (Sir) Emmanuel Nwaeze Otti, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Barr. Julius Abure and his illegal National Working Committee from proceeding with their purported and unlawful ward, local government, and state congresses.
The Labour Party (LP) therefore urges its teeming members nationwide to completely disregard the so-called illegal and unlawful congresses being promoted by Julius Abure and his associates.
These illegal exercises have already been declared null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction. As a law-abiding political party, we enjoin all our members to respect and comply with the court’s directive.
The Labour Party congresses will commence soon, and members will be duly informed once the details are finalised.
In the same vein, the Labour Party calls on the Inspector-General of Police, who is the 6th Defendant/Respondent in the matter, to ensure the arrest and prosecution of anyone organising or participating in any purported Labour Party congresses scheduled for 2nd, 4th, or 6th December, 2025 or on any other dates, except such activities are duly authorised by the legitimate leadership of the Party headed by Senator Nenadi Usman.
Furthermore, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who is the 7th Defendant/Respondent, being a responsible and law-abiding institution, is advised to dissociate itself from this illegality being orchestrated by individuals determined to tarnish the hard-earned reputation of the Commission.
In line with the Electoral Act and all relevant laws, the Labour Party (LP) will formally notify INEC of its authentic activities once its timetable for congresses and convention is released.
Ife Salako
Interim National Publicity Secretary
Labour Party (LP)
1st December, 2025
The general public, particularly all Labour Party (LP) supporters across the country, are hereby notified that on 26th November, 2025, the High Court of Abia State sitting in Isiala Ngwa granted an interim order in Suit No: HIN/47/2025.
The order, sought by Hon. (Sir) Emmanuel Nwaeze Otti, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Barr. Julius Abure and his illegal National Working Committee from proceeding with their purported and unlawful ward, local government, and state congresses.
The Labour Party (LP) therefore urges its teeming members nationwide to completely disregard the so-called illegal and unlawful congresses being promoted by Julius Abure and his associates.
These illegal exercises have already been declared null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction. As a law-abiding political party, we enjoin all our members to respect and comply with the court’s directive.
The Labour Party congresses will commence soon, and members will be duly informed once the details are finalised.
In the same vein, the Labour Party calls on the Inspector-General of Police, who is the 6th Defendant/Respondent in the matter, to ensure the arrest and prosecution of anyone organising or participating in any purported Labour Party congresses scheduled for 2nd, 4th, or 6th December, 2025 or on any other dates, except such activities are duly authorised by the legitimate leadership of the Party headed by Senator Nenadi Usman.
Furthermore, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who is the 7th Defendant/Respondent, being a responsible and law-abiding institution, is advised to dissociate itself from this illegality being orchestrated by individuals determined to tarnish the hard-earned reputation of the Commission.
In line with the Electoral Act and all relevant laws, the Labour Party (LP) will formally notify INEC of its authentic activities once its timetable for congresses and convention is released.
Ife Salako
Interim National Publicity Secretary
Labour Party (LP)
1st December, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: OGUN STATE LABOUR PARTY DISSOCIATES FROM PURPORTED CONGRESSES, WARNS MEMBERS AGAINST "UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS
PRESS RELEASE: OGUN STATE LABOUR PARTY DISSOCIATES FROM PURPORTED CONGRESSES, WARNS MEMBERS AGAINST "UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS
Date: December 1, 2025
The Ogun State Chapter of the Labour Party, loyal to the Interim National Executive Council (INEC) led by Senator Nenadi Usman, has unequivocally dissociated itself from the purported ward and state congresses being planned by certain unscrupulous elements within the party.
This position was reached during an emergency online meeting of the State Interim Executive Committee and other critical stakeholders held on Saturday, November 30, 2025.
The meeting resolved as follows:
1. *Total Dissociation from Illegitimate Congresses:* The Ogun State Labour Party completely dissociates itself from any planned congresses by individuals loyal to the sacked National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure, whose tenure has long expired. We declare such activities as illegal, unconstitutional, and not recognized by the legitimate leadership of the party.
2. *Rejection of APC Infiltrators:* The party in Ogun State has resolved that it cannot and will not work with individuals such as Mr. Arabambi Abayomi and his cohorts, who are publicly known to be acting as agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) within the Labour Party. Their actions are aimed at destabilizing our party and undermining its integrity.
3. *Condemnation of Transactional Politics*:The gathering of these individuals planning the illegitimate congresses comprises transactional politicians of questionable intent. Their allegiance is not to the ideals of the Labour Party but to their personal interests and their patrons in the APC.
4. *Guidance to Party Faithful* Consequently, all loyal members of the Labour Party in Ogun State are hereby directed to disregard any information or directives emanating from these factions. Members are urged to remain vigilant and only recognize official communications from the Ogun State Executive Committee, which operates under the authority of the Nenadi Usman-led National Interim Executive Committee.
5. *Future Congresses*: Information regarding the legitimate and officially sanctioned nationwide congresses will be communicated to members at the appropriate time through the proper channels.
The Ogun State Labour Party calls on its teeming supporters, the general public, and all relevant institutions to ignore the activities of these unscrupulous elements, as their actions are null, void, and of no effect.
*Signed*:
*Kika Glasgow*
Publicity Secretary,
Labour Party,Ogun State Chapter
(For the State Executive Committee)
Date: December 1, 2025
The Ogun State Chapter of the Labour Party, loyal to the Interim National Executive Council (INEC) led by Senator Nenadi Usman, has unequivocally dissociated itself from the purported ward and state congresses being planned by certain unscrupulous elements within the party.
This position was reached during an emergency online meeting of the State Interim Executive Committee and other critical stakeholders held on Saturday, November 30, 2025.
The meeting resolved as follows:
1. *Total Dissociation from Illegitimate Congresses:* The Ogun State Labour Party completely dissociates itself from any planned congresses by individuals loyal to the sacked National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure, whose tenure has long expired. We declare such activities as illegal, unconstitutional, and not recognized by the legitimate leadership of the party.
2. *Rejection of APC Infiltrators:* The party in Ogun State has resolved that it cannot and will not work with individuals such as Mr. Arabambi Abayomi and his cohorts, who are publicly known to be acting as agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) within the Labour Party. Their actions are aimed at destabilizing our party and undermining its integrity.
3. *Condemnation of Transactional Politics*:The gathering of these individuals planning the illegitimate congresses comprises transactional politicians of questionable intent. Their allegiance is not to the ideals of the Labour Party but to their personal interests and their patrons in the APC.
4. *Guidance to Party Faithful* Consequently, all loyal members of the Labour Party in Ogun State are hereby directed to disregard any information or directives emanating from these factions. Members are urged to remain vigilant and only recognize official communications from the Ogun State Executive Committee, which operates under the authority of the Nenadi Usman-led National Interim Executive Committee.
5. *Future Congresses*: Information regarding the legitimate and officially sanctioned nationwide congresses will be communicated to members at the appropriate time through the proper channels.
The Ogun State Labour Party calls on its teeming supporters, the general public, and all relevant institutions to ignore the activities of these unscrupulous elements, as their actions are null, void, and of no effect.
*Signed*:
*Kika Glasgow*
Publicity Secretary,
Labour Party,Ogun State Chapter
(For the State Executive Committee)
COMMUNIQUE: Southwest Labour Party Leaders Back Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee
call on the Political Commissions of the NLC and TUC to urgently rescue the Party from political impostors
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The labour party leadership in the Southwest have thrown their weight behind the Supreme Court recognized Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party in Nigeria.
The South West Leaders in a Communique to the Nenadi led Leadership on Wednesday dissociated itself from the illegal Communique circulated on behalf of the sacked former National Chairman of the party Julius Abure, reaffirmed the Senator Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee as the sole authentic leadership of the Labour Party in Nigeria.
FULL COMMUNIQUE BELOW;
COMMUNIQUE OF THE MEETING OF SOUTHWEST STAKEHOLDERS OF THE LABOUR PARTY (LP).
Sequel to the online meeting of the Labour
Party Leaders and Stakeholders of the South West Zone on 26th November, 2025, which centered on the State of the Labour Party in Nigeria and the South West:
The group dissociated itself from the illegal Communique circulated on behalf of the sacked former Chairman Julius Abure, on social media platforms as the South West position on Labour Party issues.
The Stakeholders having critically assessed the state of affairs of the Party in the country and in each state of the South West especially from 2023 to date agreed as follows:
1. Reaffirmed the Senator Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee as the sole authentic leadership of the Labour Party in Nigeria.
2. Urged INEC to do the needful by obeying the Supreme Court Judgement and officially recognizing the Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee of the Party.
3. Requested the Senator Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee to live up to expectations by immediately organizing all Party structures in the States, Local Governments, Wards and Polling Units in preparation for Congress and our National Convention.
4. Formally recognized the victimisation faced by many party Loyalists in the South West as a consequence of the so called Abure and Apapa group closely working with the APC/Tinubu Presidency hell bent on their mission to destabilize the party as a means of cashing out from their pay masters.
5. Finally South West Stakeholders called on the Political Commissions of the NLC and TUC to urgently rescue the Party from political jobbers and opportunists like Julius Abure and his fellow impostors.
Signed
Southwest Labour Party Leaders
call on the Political Commissions of the NLC and TUC to urgently rescue the Party from political impostors
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| Nenadi |
The labour party leadership in the Southwest have thrown their weight behind the Supreme Court recognized Senator Nenadi Usman Led National Working Committee of the party in Nigeria.
The South West Leaders in a Communique to the Nenadi led Leadership on Wednesday dissociated itself from the illegal Communique circulated on behalf of the sacked former National Chairman of the party Julius Abure, reaffirmed the Senator Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee as the sole authentic leadership of the Labour Party in Nigeria.
FULL COMMUNIQUE BELOW;
COMMUNIQUE OF THE MEETING OF SOUTHWEST STAKEHOLDERS OF THE LABOUR PARTY (LP).
Sequel to the online meeting of the Labour
Party Leaders and Stakeholders of the South West Zone on 26th November, 2025, which centered on the State of the Labour Party in Nigeria and the South West:
The group dissociated itself from the illegal Communique circulated on behalf of the sacked former Chairman Julius Abure, on social media platforms as the South West position on Labour Party issues.
The Stakeholders having critically assessed the state of affairs of the Party in the country and in each state of the South West especially from 2023 to date agreed as follows:
1. Reaffirmed the Senator Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee as the sole authentic leadership of the Labour Party in Nigeria.
2. Urged INEC to do the needful by obeying the Supreme Court Judgement and officially recognizing the Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee of the Party.
3. Requested the Senator Nenadi Usman led National Working Committee to live up to expectations by immediately organizing all Party structures in the States, Local Governments, Wards and Polling Units in preparation for Congress and our National Convention.
4. Formally recognized the victimisation faced by many party Loyalists in the South West as a consequence of the so called Abure and Apapa group closely working with the APC/Tinubu Presidency hell bent on their mission to destabilize the party as a means of cashing out from their pay masters.
5. Finally South West Stakeholders called on the Political Commissions of the NLC and TUC to urgently rescue the Party from political jobbers and opportunists like Julius Abure and his fellow impostors.
Signed
Southwest Labour Party Leaders
PRESS RELEASE - RE: FAKE COMMUNIQUE FROM IMPOSTORS; A SUPREME COURT-MANDATED INTERIM EXECUTIVE IS IN CHARGE OF THE LABOUR PARTY
PRESS RELEASE - RE: FAKE COMMUNIQUE FROM IMPOSTORS; A SUPREME COURT-MANDATED INTERIM EXECUTIVE IS IN CHARGE OF THE LABOUR PARTY
Date: November 26, 2025
The attention of the authentic leadership and membership of the Labour Party (LP) in the South-West Geo-Political Zone has been drawn to a fictitious and misleading communique purportedly issued by a "South-West Chairmen & Secretaries Caucus" on November 21, 2025.
We wish to state categorically that this document is the handiwork of impersonators and suspended members loyal to the sacked former National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure. This communique is not only null and void but also a brazen act of contempt against the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The general public, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all stakeholders are hereby urged to disregard this communique in its entirety as it is built on a foundation of falsehood and illegality.
For clarity, we state the following incontrovertible facts, now further reinforced by fresh and comprehensive judicial pronouncements:
1. The Supreme Court Has Spoken Conclusively: The authority of the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive is rooted in the final judgment of the Supreme Court.
As confirmed in a recent statement, the latest judgment, August 15, 2025, from the Federal High Court in Abuja, which struck out a suit by Abure's faction for want of jurisdiction, aligns squarely with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court, delivered on 4 April 2025 in Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025.
That landmark ruling "unequivocally nullified all previous recognitions of Abure’s purported leadership of the Labour Party."
2. The Law is Binding on All: Pursuant to Section 287 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the decision of the Supreme Court is binding on all persons and authorities in Nigeria.
The Abure faction, by continuing to parade itself as a legitimate organ of the party, is in gross violation of this constitutional provision.
3. The Legitimate Authority is Senator Nenadi Usman:
Following these conclusive judicial pronouncements, the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive remains the only lawful body recognized by law to steer the affairs of the Labour Party. The Federal High Court's recent refusal to entertain the suit by Abure's faction is a clear testament to this reality.
4. The Ikeja Meeting is an Illegitimate Charade: The meeting held in Ikeja, Lagos, was an assembly of individuals acting upon a leadership mandate that has been nullified by the highest court in the land. They lack any legal or moral authority to convene or make decisions in the name of the Labour Party.
Rebuttal of Specific Falsehoods in the Communique:
5. On Congress dates and INEC Notification: The discussions on congresses are not only presumptuous but illegal. Only the legitimate Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive, operating under the authority of the Supreme Court's judgment, has the mandate to determine the timeline and modalities for our future party congresses.
6. On Reconciliation with the Apapa Faction: The so-called "unanimous approval" for the re-absorption of Alhaji Lamidi Apapa and Abayomi Arabambi is a fraudulent attempt by one nullified faction to absorb another. It is a meeting of ghosts, whose decisions have no place in the real Labour Party.
The authentic party structure under Senator Nenadi Usman will determine any genuine reconciliation.
7. On the Proposed Press Conference: The planned press conference in Abeokuta is an attempt to create confusion and mislead the public. We warn media houses and the public not to lend their platforms to these individuals who are acting in defiance of a binding Supreme Court judgment.
Our Stance:
We, the authentic State Chairmen, Secretaries, and Leaders of the Labour Party across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States, held a meeting this evening, November 26,
2025. We unanimously reaffirmed our total and unflinching support for the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive, whose authority is firmly rooted in the final judgment of the Supreme Court.
We are committed to working with this legitimate leadership to reposition the Labour Party, ensure true internal democracy and galvanize our members for the upcoming electoral cycles. The South-West Zone is united, law-abiding, and will not allow political buccaneers to destabilize our great party or hold the sanctity of the Judiciary in contempt.
Signed:
Comrade Kika Glasgow (Acting Publicity Secretary, South-West Zone)
Date: November 26, 2025
The attention of the authentic leadership and membership of the Labour Party (LP) in the South-West Geo-Political Zone has been drawn to a fictitious and misleading communique purportedly issued by a "South-West Chairmen & Secretaries Caucus" on November 21, 2025.
We wish to state categorically that this document is the handiwork of impersonators and suspended members loyal to the sacked former National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure. This communique is not only null and void but also a brazen act of contempt against the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The general public, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all stakeholders are hereby urged to disregard this communique in its entirety as it is built on a foundation of falsehood and illegality.
For clarity, we state the following incontrovertible facts, now further reinforced by fresh and comprehensive judicial pronouncements:
1. The Supreme Court Has Spoken Conclusively: The authority of the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive is rooted in the final judgment of the Supreme Court.
As confirmed in a recent statement, the latest judgment, August 15, 2025, from the Federal High Court in Abuja, which struck out a suit by Abure's faction for want of jurisdiction, aligns squarely with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court, delivered on 4 April 2025 in Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025.
That landmark ruling "unequivocally nullified all previous recognitions of Abure’s purported leadership of the Labour Party."
2. The Law is Binding on All: Pursuant to Section 287 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the decision of the Supreme Court is binding on all persons and authorities in Nigeria.
The Abure faction, by continuing to parade itself as a legitimate organ of the party, is in gross violation of this constitutional provision.
3. The Legitimate Authority is Senator Nenadi Usman:
Following these conclusive judicial pronouncements, the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive remains the only lawful body recognized by law to steer the affairs of the Labour Party. The Federal High Court's recent refusal to entertain the suit by Abure's faction is a clear testament to this reality.
4. The Ikeja Meeting is an Illegitimate Charade: The meeting held in Ikeja, Lagos, was an assembly of individuals acting upon a leadership mandate that has been nullified by the highest court in the land. They lack any legal or moral authority to convene or make decisions in the name of the Labour Party.
Rebuttal of Specific Falsehoods in the Communique:
5. On Congress dates and INEC Notification: The discussions on congresses are not only presumptuous but illegal. Only the legitimate Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive, operating under the authority of the Supreme Court's judgment, has the mandate to determine the timeline and modalities for our future party congresses.
6. On Reconciliation with the Apapa Faction: The so-called "unanimous approval" for the re-absorption of Alhaji Lamidi Apapa and Abayomi Arabambi is a fraudulent attempt by one nullified faction to absorb another. It is a meeting of ghosts, whose decisions have no place in the real Labour Party.
The authentic party structure under Senator Nenadi Usman will determine any genuine reconciliation.
7. On the Proposed Press Conference: The planned press conference in Abeokuta is an attempt to create confusion and mislead the public. We warn media houses and the public not to lend their platforms to these individuals who are acting in defiance of a binding Supreme Court judgment.
Our Stance:
We, the authentic State Chairmen, Secretaries, and Leaders of the Labour Party across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States, held a meeting this evening, November 26,
2025. We unanimously reaffirmed our total and unflinching support for the Senator Nenadi Usman-led Interim National Executive, whose authority is firmly rooted in the final judgment of the Supreme Court.
We are committed to working with this legitimate leadership to reposition the Labour Party, ensure true internal democracy and galvanize our members for the upcoming electoral cycles. The South-West Zone is united, law-abiding, and will not allow political buccaneers to destabilize our great party or hold the sanctity of the Judiciary in contempt.
Signed:
Comrade Kika Glasgow (Acting Publicity Secretary, South-West Zone)
PRESS RELEASE: INEC MUST RESPECT COURT JUDGEMENTS ON LABOUR PARTY (LP) LEADERSHIP
The Labour Party has noted, with deep concern, reports that the erstwhile National Chairman of the Party, Barr. Julius Abure, attended the quarterly consultative meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and leaders of political parties held on Tuesday, 14th October 2025.
While this brazen act of impersonation may appear comical to some, it is, in truth, a tragic reflection of the extent to which certain elements within INEC are willing to compromise the integrity of the Commission by lending themselves to such ignoble conduct in utter defiance of valid and subsisting court judgements, including that of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
For the avoidance of doubt, on 4th April 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025, delivered a unanimous landmark judgement unequivocally declaring that Barr. Julius Abure was no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This pronouncement was further reinforced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1523/2025, delivered on 15th August 2025, which expressly rejected Julius Abure's prayers based on the earlier judgement of the apex court that held that he was no longer the national chairman of the Labour Party.
It is instructive to note that in the said latter suit, INEC itself deposed to a counter affidavit dated 13th August 2025, affirming under oath that Julius Abure was no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party.
Against this background, therefore, the Labour Party views the conduct of certain rogue elements within INEC who permitted Abure’s attendance at the meeting as not only reprehensible but also a deliberate affront to the authority of our courts. INEC cannot, in one breath, depose under oath that Abure is no longer chairman, and in another, accord him recognition. Such conduct amounts to contempt of court and a grave desecration of the sanctity of our judicial system, particularly the pronouncements of the Supreme Court.
Even the former INEC leadership, despite its alleged partisanship and meddlesomeness, demonstrated better respect for the rule of law. On 29th July 2024, INEC under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu ordered Barr. Julius Abure out of its consultative meeting with political party leaders, on the clear grounds that he was no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party. That decision came even before the Supreme Court and Federal High Court judgements that have since laid the matter to rest.
The question, therefore, is: from where did the present actors within INEC derive the authority to override and overrule these court pronouncements and enable Abure’s participation in today’s meeting? This reckless display of impunity is unacceptable and must be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians.
While the current INEC leadership may be transitional, it must remember that even a brief tenure can leave a lasting stain on history. Every action taken today will be judged tomorrow. Posterity records everything.
The Labour Party therefore calls on INEC to immediately enforce the valid judgements of our courts regarding the leadership of the Party. If the current leadership lacks the courage to uphold the rule of law, it should at least refrain from further tarnishing what remains of the Commission’s credibility before its eventual exit.
Signed:
Ken Eluma Asogwa
Senior Special Adviser, Media, to the Interim National Chairman, Labour Party, Senator Nenadi E. Usman.
14th October, 202
The Labour Party has noted, with deep concern, reports that the erstwhile National Chairman of the Party, Barr. Julius Abure, attended the quarterly consultative meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and leaders of political parties held on Tuesday, 14th October 2025.
While this brazen act of impersonation may appear comical to some, it is, in truth, a tragic reflection of the extent to which certain elements within INEC are willing to compromise the integrity of the Commission by lending themselves to such ignoble conduct in utter defiance of valid and subsisting court judgements, including that of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
For the avoidance of doubt, on 4th April 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025, delivered a unanimous landmark judgement unequivocally declaring that Barr. Julius Abure was no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This pronouncement was further reinforced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1523/2025, delivered on 15th August 2025, which expressly rejected Julius Abure's prayers based on the earlier judgement of the apex court that held that he was no longer the national chairman of the Labour Party.
It is instructive to note that in the said latter suit, INEC itself deposed to a counter affidavit dated 13th August 2025, affirming under oath that Julius Abure was no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party.
Against this background, therefore, the Labour Party views the conduct of certain rogue elements within INEC who permitted Abure’s attendance at the meeting as not only reprehensible but also a deliberate affront to the authority of our courts. INEC cannot, in one breath, depose under oath that Abure is no longer chairman, and in another, accord him recognition. Such conduct amounts to contempt of court and a grave desecration of the sanctity of our judicial system, particularly the pronouncements of the Supreme Court.
Even the former INEC leadership, despite its alleged partisanship and meddlesomeness, demonstrated better respect for the rule of law. On 29th July 2024, INEC under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu ordered Barr. Julius Abure out of its consultative meeting with political party leaders, on the clear grounds that he was no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party. That decision came even before the Supreme Court and Federal High Court judgements that have since laid the matter to rest.
The question, therefore, is: from where did the present actors within INEC derive the authority to override and overrule these court pronouncements and enable Abure’s participation in today’s meeting? This reckless display of impunity is unacceptable and must be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians.
While the current INEC leadership may be transitional, it must remember that even a brief tenure can leave a lasting stain on history. Every action taken today will be judged tomorrow. Posterity records everything.
The Labour Party therefore calls on INEC to immediately enforce the valid judgements of our courts regarding the leadership of the Party. If the current leadership lacks the courage to uphold the rule of law, it should at least refrain from further tarnishing what remains of the Commission’s credibility before its eventual exit.
Signed:
Ken Eluma Asogwa
Senior Special Adviser, Media, to the Interim National Chairman, Labour Party, Senator Nenadi E. Usman.
14th October, 202
POINT-BLANK: NEW INEC CHAIRMAN PROF. AMUPITAN — A REDEEMER OR ANOTHER HOPE BETRAYED, TIME WILL TELL - LABOUR PARTY
POINT-BLANK: NEW INEC CHAIRMAN PROF. AMUPITAN — A REDEEMER OR ANOTHER HOPE BETRAYED, TIME WILL TELL - LABOUR PARTY
By Prince Tony Akeni
"Labour Party, in particular, will forever remember Prof. Mahmood Yakubu's pretentious cooperation in matters of justice in political parties' internal leadership affairs. While pretending to follow due process in enabling Labour Party to resolve its Julius Abure led tenure rebellion, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood in another hand, in unashamed treachery, actually connived to betray justice for the party to the last minute of his exit. Prof Mahmood deliberately retained the name of the Supreme Court sacked Abure on INEC website as the party's national chairman, clinically sabotaged the Labour Party from participating in crucial elections throughout the country by unlawfully delisting the party from fielding candidates in the 2025 local government elections of various states, the Abuja municipal council elections coming up in 2026 and all other tiers of election across the country to the end of his tenure...
"As many Nigerians who are not yet under the collective hypnotism of APC's baptism of delusion *WILL ASK* , what rationale, except the opium of corruption harvest, made Prof. Yakubu Mahmood to retain on INEC's portal the defunct Julius Abure led leadership of Labour Party in spite of having the certified judgment of the Supreme Court and its corroborating interpretation of the Abuja Federal High Court, both of which unequivocally ruled that the Julius Abure leadership of the Labour Party had irreversibly ended?
"That is the Prof. Yakubu Mahmood the Labour Party and 230million Nigerians remember, and history centuries away will also remember and wrinkle their noses at his final resting place."
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Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan has a fate larger than life thrust at his feet. To either redeem the largest democracy in Africa or further mutilate and bury its corpse which the ballot master-liar of all time, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has left behind as INEC chairman.
Above the pecks, glamour and glitter of the highly visible office which Prof. Amupitan now occupies, he must choose what he wishes to achieve and be remembered for.
He must choose who he will serve and the legacy he wishes to leave behind for his name and posterity.
He must choose whether to be honoured by more than 230million Nigerians who employed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu or to serve the unconstitutional wishes and caprices of a single man, Tinubu, who appointed him.
To help him make that choice, Prof. Amupitan will do well to reflect how more than 230million Nigerians at home and all over the world will forever remember his immediate predecessor, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood.
Under the Obasanjo years, when Nigerians' thought Prof. Maurice Iwu, the INEC chairman at the time, was the worst electoral referee that happened to Nigeria, Prof. Attahiru Jega happened to Nigeria and erased that record. This was to the extent that one Elder Godsday Orubebe, who was the Minister of Niger Delta in the Jonathan administration of the time, screamed blue murder and embarked on a one-man rampage against INEC at the 2015 presidential election collation centre in front of the world press and international election observers.
At the close of that era when Nigerians' thought that it was impossible to manufacture a worse election overseer than Jega, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood came to mortally mar the mood and seal the hopes of Nigerians that elections could ever be free, fair or credible in our country, destroying the last vestige of Nigeria's electoral integrity almost to the point of no redemption.
Before Mahmood's tenures as INEC chairman, Nigerians merely lamented if their votes would count but with some reservoir of hope. However, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood buried that hope and made it a proverb of despair set in concrete, creating an endemic voter apathy throughout Nigeria that has no comparison in any other country in Africa and almost the whole world.
In the run-up to the epic 2023 general elections, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood promised Nigerians and the world in countless media briefings that ballot results would be transmitted in real-time from the polling units and entered from BIVAS records to the IREV servers for global integrity.
Mahmood promised this would be a process that shall not be compromised, violated or accepted by INEC, only to brazenly take the opposite stand against his sworn process by dismissing BIVAS results as non-compulsory in the collation of election results. He and his returning electoral commissioners across the country then uploaded insanely mutilated and duplicated result sheets supplied by the ruling party to announce the 2023 results, stood by those mutilations at the post-election tribunals, and returned the snatch-and-run-with-it concoctions of the presidential election, numerous governorship and countless National and State Assembly results as winners against the actual landslide presidential victory of the Labour Party and similar victory by other opposition political parties at different tiers of the polls.
As his last achievement for the ruling APC, at the end of which President Tinubu gave him a parting send-off with the national award of Commander of the Order of the Niger, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood also successfully pulled off a historic pre-election heist to make rigging easier for the ruling party in 2027 by manufacturing out-of-the-world phantom records of new voters registration in President Tinubu's home state of Osun.
Mahmood awarded a record 393,269 new voters in Osun state alone against just 1,998 new voters in the entire five South-East states combined. Nearly half a million new voters in the single state of Osun which has a population of 4.6million citizens, and less than 2,000 new voters in all the five states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo which command over 36million citizens!
Labour Party, in particular, will forever remember Prof. Mahmood Yakubu's pretentious cooperation in matters of justice in political parties' internal leadership affairs. While pretending to follow due process in enabling Labour Party to resolve its Julius Abure led tenure rebellion, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood in another hand, in unashamed treachery, actually connived to betray justice for the party to the last minute of his exit. Prof Mahmood deliberately retained the name of the Supreme Court sacked Abure on INEC website as the party's national chairman, clinically sabotaged the Labour Party from participating in crucial elections throughout the country by unlawfully delisting the party from fielding candidates in the 2025 local government elections of various states, the Abuja municipal council elections coming up in 2026 and all other tiers of election across the country to the end of his tenure. Mission accomplished, national award received, evil done and dusted, APC's 2027 victory guaranteed! So they think.
As many Nigerians who are not yet under the collective hypnotism of APC's baptism of delusion, what rationale, except the opium of corruption harvest, made Prof. Yakubu Mahmood to retain on INEC's portal the defunct Julius Abure led leadership of Labour Party in spite of having the certified judgment of the Supreme Court and its corroborating interpretation of the Abuja Federal High Court, both of which unequivocally ruled that the Julius Abure leadership of the Labour Party had irreversibly ended?
That is the Prof. Yakubu Mahmood the Labour Party and 230million Nigerians remember, and history centuries away will also remember and wrinkle their noses at his final resting place.
For the Labour Party, the first all-important litmus test that the new INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, will pass to prove that he has come to serve Nigeria in ernest of his oath of office is to remove the last dust and trace of Julius Abure and his defunct council members from INEC's portal and replace them with the Nenadi Usman led council which the statutory NEC of the party has submitted as its executive council. This will be in accord with the Supreme Court's judgment that the leadership of political parties is strictly the result of the internal decision and processes of parties. This also complies with both Nigeria's and global conventions which forbid leadership vacuum in the management of public institutions.
As Prof. Joash Amupitan steps into the shoes of his departed predecessor, he must realize that he is not only on the radar of Nigerians but the entire civilize world, the West and emerging democracies of the world which look unto Nigeria for good or bad examples.
Amupitan must prove to the world that he is not another election puppet out to serve the dictates of incumbents and ballot vampires for his personal enrichment at the expense of Nigeria's international image, global respect, progress and advancement, like most of his predecessors, but a true electoral umpire out to serve and save our country's long troubled democracy.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? Nothing but eternal condemnation. Both the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran agree on this at Mark 8:36 and Q57:20 respectively.
Joash Amupitan, get off the gory road of power vapour and walk the glory road of eternity's favour.
Prince Tony Akeni,
Labour Party National
Publicity Secretary (Interim)
By Prince Tony Akeni
"Labour Party, in particular, will forever remember Prof. Mahmood Yakubu's pretentious cooperation in matters of justice in political parties' internal leadership affairs. While pretending to follow due process in enabling Labour Party to resolve its Julius Abure led tenure rebellion, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood in another hand, in unashamed treachery, actually connived to betray justice for the party to the last minute of his exit. Prof Mahmood deliberately retained the name of the Supreme Court sacked Abure on INEC website as the party's national chairman, clinically sabotaged the Labour Party from participating in crucial elections throughout the country by unlawfully delisting the party from fielding candidates in the 2025 local government elections of various states, the Abuja municipal council elections coming up in 2026 and all other tiers of election across the country to the end of his tenure...
"As many Nigerians who are not yet under the collective hypnotism of APC's baptism of delusion *WILL ASK* , what rationale, except the opium of corruption harvest, made Prof. Yakubu Mahmood to retain on INEC's portal the defunct Julius Abure led leadership of Labour Party in spite of having the certified judgment of the Supreme Court and its corroborating interpretation of the Abuja Federal High Court, both of which unequivocally ruled that the Julius Abure leadership of the Labour Party had irreversibly ended?
"That is the Prof. Yakubu Mahmood the Labour Party and 230million Nigerians remember, and history centuries away will also remember and wrinkle their noses at his final resting place."
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Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan has a fate larger than life thrust at his feet. To either redeem the largest democracy in Africa or further mutilate and bury its corpse which the ballot master-liar of all time, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has left behind as INEC chairman.
Above the pecks, glamour and glitter of the highly visible office which Prof. Amupitan now occupies, he must choose what he wishes to achieve and be remembered for.
He must choose who he will serve and the legacy he wishes to leave behind for his name and posterity.
He must choose whether to be honoured by more than 230million Nigerians who employed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu or to serve the unconstitutional wishes and caprices of a single man, Tinubu, who appointed him.
To help him make that choice, Prof. Amupitan will do well to reflect how more than 230million Nigerians at home and all over the world will forever remember his immediate predecessor, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood.
Under the Obasanjo years, when Nigerians' thought Prof. Maurice Iwu, the INEC chairman at the time, was the worst electoral referee that happened to Nigeria, Prof. Attahiru Jega happened to Nigeria and erased that record. This was to the extent that one Elder Godsday Orubebe, who was the Minister of Niger Delta in the Jonathan administration of the time, screamed blue murder and embarked on a one-man rampage against INEC at the 2015 presidential election collation centre in front of the world press and international election observers.
At the close of that era when Nigerians' thought that it was impossible to manufacture a worse election overseer than Jega, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood came to mortally mar the mood and seal the hopes of Nigerians that elections could ever be free, fair or credible in our country, destroying the last vestige of Nigeria's electoral integrity almost to the point of no redemption.
Before Mahmood's tenures as INEC chairman, Nigerians merely lamented if their votes would count but with some reservoir of hope. However, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood buried that hope and made it a proverb of despair set in concrete, creating an endemic voter apathy throughout Nigeria that has no comparison in any other country in Africa and almost the whole world.
In the run-up to the epic 2023 general elections, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood promised Nigerians and the world in countless media briefings that ballot results would be transmitted in real-time from the polling units and entered from BIVAS records to the IREV servers for global integrity.
Mahmood promised this would be a process that shall not be compromised, violated or accepted by INEC, only to brazenly take the opposite stand against his sworn process by dismissing BIVAS results as non-compulsory in the collation of election results. He and his returning electoral commissioners across the country then uploaded insanely mutilated and duplicated result sheets supplied by the ruling party to announce the 2023 results, stood by those mutilations at the post-election tribunals, and returned the snatch-and-run-with-it concoctions of the presidential election, numerous governorship and countless National and State Assembly results as winners against the actual landslide presidential victory of the Labour Party and similar victory by other opposition political parties at different tiers of the polls.
As his last achievement for the ruling APC, at the end of which President Tinubu gave him a parting send-off with the national award of Commander of the Order of the Niger, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood also successfully pulled off a historic pre-election heist to make rigging easier for the ruling party in 2027 by manufacturing out-of-the-world phantom records of new voters registration in President Tinubu's home state of Osun.
Mahmood awarded a record 393,269 new voters in Osun state alone against just 1,998 new voters in the entire five South-East states combined. Nearly half a million new voters in the single state of Osun which has a population of 4.6million citizens, and less than 2,000 new voters in all the five states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo which command over 36million citizens!
Labour Party, in particular, will forever remember Prof. Mahmood Yakubu's pretentious cooperation in matters of justice in political parties' internal leadership affairs. While pretending to follow due process in enabling Labour Party to resolve its Julius Abure led tenure rebellion, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood in another hand, in unashamed treachery, actually connived to betray justice for the party to the last minute of his exit. Prof Mahmood deliberately retained the name of the Supreme Court sacked Abure on INEC website as the party's national chairman, clinically sabotaged the Labour Party from participating in crucial elections throughout the country by unlawfully delisting the party from fielding candidates in the 2025 local government elections of various states, the Abuja municipal council elections coming up in 2026 and all other tiers of election across the country to the end of his tenure. Mission accomplished, national award received, evil done and dusted, APC's 2027 victory guaranteed! So they think.
As many Nigerians who are not yet under the collective hypnotism of APC's baptism of delusion, what rationale, except the opium of corruption harvest, made Prof. Yakubu Mahmood to retain on INEC's portal the defunct Julius Abure led leadership of Labour Party in spite of having the certified judgment of the Supreme Court and its corroborating interpretation of the Abuja Federal High Court, both of which unequivocally ruled that the Julius Abure leadership of the Labour Party had irreversibly ended?
That is the Prof. Yakubu Mahmood the Labour Party and 230million Nigerians remember, and history centuries away will also remember and wrinkle their noses at his final resting place.
For the Labour Party, the first all-important litmus test that the new INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, will pass to prove that he has come to serve Nigeria in ernest of his oath of office is to remove the last dust and trace of Julius Abure and his defunct council members from INEC's portal and replace them with the Nenadi Usman led council which the statutory NEC of the party has submitted as its executive council. This will be in accord with the Supreme Court's judgment that the leadership of political parties is strictly the result of the internal decision and processes of parties. This also complies with both Nigeria's and global conventions which forbid leadership vacuum in the management of public institutions.
As Prof. Joash Amupitan steps into the shoes of his departed predecessor, he must realize that he is not only on the radar of Nigerians but the entire civilize world, the West and emerging democracies of the world which look unto Nigeria for good or bad examples.
Amupitan must prove to the world that he is not another election puppet out to serve the dictates of incumbents and ballot vampires for his personal enrichment at the expense of Nigeria's international image, global respect, progress and advancement, like most of his predecessors, but a true electoral umpire out to serve and save our country's long troubled democracy.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? Nothing but eternal condemnation. Both the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran agree on this at Mark 8:36 and Q57:20 respectively.
Joash Amupitan, get off the gory road of power vapour and walk the glory road of eternity's favour.
Prince Tony Akeni,
Labour Party National
Publicity Secretary (Interim)
BOAT MISHAPE IN NIGER STATE: LP Chair Nenadi Calls For More Robust Legislations, Stricter Regulation For Inland Waterways
BOAT MISHAPE IN NIGER STATE: LP Chair Nenadi Calls For More Robust Legislations, Stricter Regulation For Inland Waterways
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| Sen. Nenadi Usman |
The interim National Chairman of the Labour Party in Nigeria Senator Nenadi Usman has called on the relevant authorities to urgently consider more robust legislations and stricter regulation for inland waterways in the country .
According to the Usman, the recurrent boat mishaps in Nigeria, particularly in Niger State, where such tragedies have become very frequent demand an immediate and decisive action.
The lastest incident occurred at the Malale riverfront in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.
The ill-fated boat, carrying about 90 passengers, departed Tugan Sule in Shagunu Ward, Borgu LGA, en route to Dugga for a condolence visit when the tragedy struck.
Initial reports put the death toll at about 29, but has now, regrettably, risen to nearly 60 lives lost.
"It is deeply unfortunate and heart-wrenching that people on a journey to sympathize with others became victims of a calamity themselves."
"This is one tragedy too many, and the frequency with which we record such mishaps on our inland waterways should be a matter of grave concern to all Nigerians."
"On behalf of the entire Labour Party family, I extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved families, the government and people of Niger State, and indeed all Nigerians, on this national tragedy." Nenadi concluded.
FULL STATEMENT:
*Re: "From the Desk of Senator Nenadi E. Usman, PhD*
PRESS STATEMENT
It is with a heavy heart that I received the tragic news of the recent boat mishap in Niger State, where initial reports put the death toll at about 29, but has now, regrettably, risen to nearly 60 lives lost. This is one tragedy too many, and the frequency with which we record such mishaps on our inland waterways should be a matter of grave concern to all Nigerians.
According to the information at my disposal, the incident occurred at the Malale riverfront in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The ill-fated boat, carrying about 90 passengers, departed Tugan Sule in Shagunu Ward, Borgu LGA, en route to Dugga for a condolence visit when the tragedy struck. It is deeply unfortunate and heart-wrenching that people on a journey to sympathize with others became victims of a calamity themselves.
I, therefore, use this moment to call on the relevant authorities to urgently consider more robust legislations and stricter regulation of our inland waterways. The recurrent boat mishaps in Nigeria - particularly in Niger State, where such tragedies have become very frequent - demand immediate and decisive action.
On behalf of the entire Labour Party family, I extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved families, the government and people of Niger State, and indeed all Nigerians, on this national tragedy.
*Senator Nenadi E. Usman, Ph.D*
Interim National Chairman, Labour Party.
4th September, 2025"
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| Sen. Nenadi Usman |
The interim National Chairman of the Labour Party in Nigeria Senator Nenadi Usman has called on the relevant authorities to urgently consider more robust legislations and stricter regulation for inland waterways in the country .
According to the Usman, the recurrent boat mishaps in Nigeria, particularly in Niger State, where such tragedies have become very frequent demand an immediate and decisive action.
The lastest incident occurred at the Malale riverfront in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.
The ill-fated boat, carrying about 90 passengers, departed Tugan Sule in Shagunu Ward, Borgu LGA, en route to Dugga for a condolence visit when the tragedy struck.
Initial reports put the death toll at about 29, but has now, regrettably, risen to nearly 60 lives lost.
"It is deeply unfortunate and heart-wrenching that people on a journey to sympathize with others became victims of a calamity themselves."
"This is one tragedy too many, and the frequency with which we record such mishaps on our inland waterways should be a matter of grave concern to all Nigerians."
"On behalf of the entire Labour Party family, I extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved families, the government and people of Niger State, and indeed all Nigerians, on this national tragedy." Nenadi concluded.
FULL STATEMENT:
*Re: "From the Desk of Senator Nenadi E. Usman, PhD*
PRESS STATEMENT
It is with a heavy heart that I received the tragic news of the recent boat mishap in Niger State, where initial reports put the death toll at about 29, but has now, regrettably, risen to nearly 60 lives lost. This is one tragedy too many, and the frequency with which we record such mishaps on our inland waterways should be a matter of grave concern to all Nigerians.
According to the information at my disposal, the incident occurred at the Malale riverfront in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The ill-fated boat, carrying about 90 passengers, departed Tugan Sule in Shagunu Ward, Borgu LGA, en route to Dugga for a condolence visit when the tragedy struck. It is deeply unfortunate and heart-wrenching that people on a journey to sympathize with others became victims of a calamity themselves.
I, therefore, use this moment to call on the relevant authorities to urgently consider more robust legislations and stricter regulation of our inland waterways. The recurrent boat mishaps in Nigeria - particularly in Niger State, where such tragedies have become very frequent - demand immediate and decisive action.
On behalf of the entire Labour Party family, I extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved families, the government and people of Niger State, and indeed all Nigerians, on this national tragedy.
*Senator Nenadi E. Usman, Ph.D*
Interim National Chairman, Labour Party.
4th September, 2025"
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