Supreme Court sacks Abure as LP Chairman, described Usman’s appeal as ” meritorious”

The Supreme Court on Friday, sacked Julius Abure, the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>

The apex Court set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of LP.

The five-member panel of jurists, at the apex court held that the Court of Appeal, Abuja, lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure as the National Chairman of the LP having earlier found that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.

It held that issue of leadership was internal affair of a party over which courts lacked jurisdiction.

The court therefore, allowed the appeal filed by Nenadi Usman and one other and held that it was meritorious.

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