Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).

In a ruling delivered Wednesday, the judge, Peter Lifu, cited the Supreme Court verdict of 4 April 2025 to declare former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, as the valid leader of the party.

The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Ms Usman-led caretaker committee as "the only valid authority to represent the Labour Party," pending the party's national convention.

The ruling followed a suit filed by Ms Usman, suing Mr Abure, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), INEC and others as defendants.

Mr Lifu held that evidence before the court showed Mr Abure's tenure as na...