Nigeria: Supreme Court nullifies judgment recognising Abure as LP national chair — Africa Links 24

The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP.

In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure National Chairman of the LP having earlier found that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.

The lead judgment was prepared by Justice Okoro and read by…