LP Crisis: Your leadership illegitimate, we don’t recognise it, INEC tells Abure-led NWC

• This is as the electoral umpire rejected the Labour Party National Convention that was held in Nnewi, Anambra State

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the party is not duly and legally constituted.

This is as the electoral umpire rejected the Labour Party National Convention that was held in Nnewi, Anambra State, saying its conduct violated the Party’s constitution and INEC guidelines.

The National Convention was held at Nnewi, Anambra State on 27th March 2024, where Julius Abure was reelected as the National Chairman of the party.

INEC rejected the outcome of the convention, citing contraventions to the Labour Party Constitution, the Electoral Act 2022, and INEC Guidelines and Regulations for Political Parties 2022.

In a response letter to the Abure-led NWC application for the Certified copy of the document of the Labour Party, signed by the Ag Secretary to the Commission, Haliru Aminu, and dated July 18, INEC confirmed receipt of the application.

”The Commission has received your request for a Certified True Copy (CTC) of the monitored report of the Labour Party Convention at Nnewi, Anambra State held on the 27th day of March 2024, and the Labour Party Constitution”, INEC wrote.

INEC said it did not monitor the Labour Party Convention of 27th March 2024 and cannot therefore report on the convention.

“The Certified True Copy of the Labour Party Constitution has been forwarded to your firm earlier,” it said.

“Regrettably the Commission did not monitor the Labour Party Convention of 27th March 2024 and cannot therefore report on the convention.”