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Abure remains LP National Chairman – Appeal Court

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, reaffirmed Mr Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).The three-member panel, in a judgment delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, relied on its judgement earlier delivered on Nov. 13, 2024, to make the declaration.The.panel made the decision in two separate appeals.While Sen. Esther Nenadi Usman & others were the appellants in the first appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CA/1217//2024, Labour Party & others were respondents.In the second appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1232/2024, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was the appellant while LP was…

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Supreme Court affirms Gov. Uzodinma’s re-election victory

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The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the re-election of Hope Uzodimma of Imo in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election.A five-member panel of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in Imo election, Samuel Anyanwu, for lacking in merit.Justice Idris resolved all the issues raised for determination in the appeal against the appellants.Justice Idris equally dismissed the appeal bythe Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Athan Achonu, for being unmeritorious.The judge,…

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Release of Nnamdi Kanu ‘ll not affect Labour Party, Umeh assures – System on ground doesn’t support rigging

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Alphonsus Nweze The Labour Party senatorial candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Chief Victor Umeh, has allayed the fears of many supporters of the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) may derail the presidential ambition of Obi. Umeh who is a member of the Party’s Presidential Campaign Council said the release has nothing to do with Labour Party and its presidential candidate. The Appeal Court had in its judgement weeks ago discharged Kanu but…

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