An Attraction Court docket has affirmed Julius Abure the Labour Social gathering, LP, Nationwide Chairman.
A notification on the Labour Social gathering’s X deal with on social media learn, ”Barr Julius Abure stays the LP Nationwide Chairman, Attraction Court docket Guidelines”
A fast name to the Publicity Secretary of the Social gathering, Obiora Ifoh confirmed the event.
The judgment stems from the appeals filed by the Labour Social gathering’s caretaker committee, led by Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, and and the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC.
The most recent judgement comes after a Federal Excessive Court docket had earlier dominated that Abure is the rightful chief of the occasion.
However as a response to the judgment, the occasion’s caretaker committee dragged Abure to the Attraction Court docket.
Whereas ruling on the matter on Friday a three-member panel of the appellate courtroom in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka held that Abure is the acknowledged nationwide chairman of the Labour Social gathering.
In line with the courtroom, its judgement of November 13, 2024, which earlier acknowledged Abure because the nationwide chairman subsists and has not been put aside by any courtroom.
Nevertheless, the appellate courtroom held that it didn’t delve into the difficulty of the management of the Labour Social gathering as a result of such points usually are not justiciable.
The courtroom maintained that something that’s accomplished outdoors jurisdiction quantities to a nullity. Therefore the judgement of the Federal Excessive Court docket delivered on October 8, 2024 by Justice Emeka Nwite is of no impact as a result of it was delivered with out jurisdiction.
“We can’t say this enchantment fails or succeed as a result of the decrease courtroom lacked jurisdiction to entertain the swimsuit within the first place”, Barka held.
Whereas placing out the swimsuit for need of jurisdiction, he held that the appellate relied on its earlier judgement of November 13 final 12 months to carry that “Abure Stays Nationwide Chairman of the Labour Social gathering”.