Indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have finally recognised the Julius Abure-led Labour Party (LP) emerged yesterday, as the commission monitored the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the faction held at the party’s national secretariat.
The INEC team was led by Rakiya Dattijo from its Election and Party Monitoring (EPM) Department.
A former vice-presidential candidate of the party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, was also in attendance.
The NEC, during a special meeting it convened at the Utako national secretariat of the party in Abuja, reviewed the March 27, 2024, National Convention of the party held in Nnewi, Anambra State, where the current NWC emerged, and reaffirmed all the officers produced at the convention to continue as its leaders.
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Julius Abure-led Labour Party was reaffirmed by its National Executive Council (NEC) yesterday.
In its resolution after the meeting, the NEC said the latest decision was in line with the April 4 judgement of the Supreme Court, which vested in political parties the power to regulate their internal affairs.
Abure, who read the communique issued at the end of the meeting, quoted a portion of the apex court’s judgement to back the stance of the NEC.