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Members of the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) staged a protest on Wednesday at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, decrying the omission of their candidates’ names from the list for the upcoming elections.
Naija News reports that the demonstrators, who gathered under heavy security presence, expressed anger over INEC’s decision not to publish candidates submitted by the Abure-led group for the Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections and some National Assembly bye-elections.
Chanting solidarity songs and carrying placards with inscriptions such as “INEC should respect the rule of law,” “Supreme Court judgement favours Julius Abure,” and “INEC should not kill the greatest opposition party in Nigeria,” the protesters marched around the commission’s premises demanding justice.
However, the recognised leadership of the Labour Party swiftly distanced itself from the protest, insisting that the action was neither authorised nor sanctioned by any legitimate organ of the party.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by Ken Eluma Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser on Media to Interim National Chairman Nenadi Usman, the party described the protesters as “political impersonators.”
The statement reads, “The attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to an invitation circulating in certain quarters regarding a purported protest scheduled for August 6, 2025, at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
“This protest is allegedly being organised by some unknown individuals purportedly operating under the banner of the Labour Party. We wish to categorically state that the said protest is not sanctioned by the Labour Party. The organisers are unknown to the party’s leadership, and the action lacks the approval and backing of the party.”
The party leadership further referenced INEC’s recent rejection of a list of candidates submitted by Julius Abure and his group, calling the submission “illegitimate.”
It urged the electoral commission to act in line with the Supreme Court judgment of April 4, 2025, which declared that Abure’s tenure as Labour Party chairman expired on June 8, 2023.
The Labour Party has been engulfed in a prolonged leadership tussle, which intensified in July when the party’s National Executive Committee, chaired by Governor Alex Otti, appointed Nenadi Usman as Interim National Chairman and Darlington Nwokocha as Interim National Secretary.
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