The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Friday has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).
A five-member panel of the apex court with their unanimous judgement held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure as the National Chairman of the LP, having earlier found that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.
The court held that the issue of leadership was an internal affair of a party over which courts lacked jurisdiction and noted that Abure’s tenure had since expired.
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 for being unmeritorious.
Details later
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