By Ken Chiwendu
Hope for Julius Abure to have his name listed as Chairman of the Labour party in the midst of other party Chairmen was dashed as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to recognise Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party.
This is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in response to Labour Party’s suit, challenging its exclusion from INEC’s refresher training for uploading party agents, ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections
INEC insisted in the document that Abure’s tenure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party expired in June 2024.
Months after the 2023 General election, the Labour Party has been in a series of leadership. tussle.
In June this year , the party’s congress in Anambra state extended the tenure of the Julius Abure led executive.
But the outcome of that congress has further added to the burden of internal crisis within the party,
On September 4, prominent chieftains of the Labour party including the former deputy chairman, Callistus Okafor, the governor of Abia State Alex Otti, and the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi tried to resolve the impasse by convoking a national congress where a -29- member committee was inaugurated to oversee the affairs of the party . However, the faction loyal to Abure kicked against it.
