Supreme court nullifies Appeal Court judgment recognising Abure as LP national chairman

The supreme court has set aside the judgment of the court of appeal in Abuja which recognised Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP).

In a verdict given on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court unanimously held that the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to have affirmed 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 courts lack jurisdiction.

The court allowed the appeal filed by Nenadi Usman, a former senator representing Kaduna south, and one other, and held that it was meritorious.

It then proceeded to dismiss the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the LP for lacking merit.