Nigeria, April 4 -- The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Obiora Ifoh, says Julius Abure remains the national chairman of the party despite the judgement of the Supreme Court on Friday.

Mr Ifoh said this in a statement in Abuja shortly after the judgement was delivered.

The Supreme Court, on Friday, set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which recognised Mr Abure as the national chairperson of the LP.

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court unanimously held that the Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction to have affirmed Mr Abure as chairman of the LP since the substance of the case was about the party's leadership.

It held that the issue of leadership was an internal affair of a party over which c...