Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has assured the sacked national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, and others of forgiveness and reintegration into the party if they are willing to embrace peace and reconciliation.

A Federal High Court in Abuja declared on Wednesday that a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, and not Mr Abure, was the valid national chairperson of the LP, based on the Supreme Court's 4 April 2025 verdict.

The court, presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, 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 followe...