BREAKING: Appeal Court dismisses Julius Abure’s suit, affirms Usman as Labour Party leader

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has, successful a unanimous judgement delivered by a three-member sheet of Justices, dismissed the entreaty filed by Barrister Julius Abure challenging the enactment of the Labour Party.

DAILY POST reported that connected 21st January 2026, Hon. Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, reaffirmed the earlier judgement of the Supreme Court that removed Barr. Abure arsenic the National Chairman of the Labour Party and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Senator Nenadi Usman arsenic the morganatic person of the party, to the exclusion of each others.

Dissatisfied with that decision, Barr. Abure approached the Court of Appeal successful suit No. CA/ABJ/CV/255/2026 – Barr. Julius Abure & Anor v. Sen. Nenadi Esther Usman & 3 Ors – seeking to overturn the judgement of the little court.

In the pb judgement delivered by Justice Oyejoju Oyewumi, with Justices A. B. Mohammed and Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike concurring, the appellate tribunal affirmed the determination of the Federal High Court.

The tribunal held that the Supreme Court had, connected 4th April 2025, conclusively settled the enactment quality wrong the Labour Party erstwhile it nullified the normal that purportedly returned Barr. Abure arsenic National Chairman.

The appellate tribunal agreed with the proceedings tribunal that the tribunal beneath had the powers nether Section 251 of the Constitution to compel ...