The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court that dismissed the petitions of its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 25th February polls. On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Obi and the LP challenging Tinubu’s victory. In a statement, National Publicity Secretary …

Judgement will the delivered on Wednesday by the Presidential Election Petition Court in the petition against the 18th February election in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner. The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari, who confirmed the date  to Channels Television on Monday, said …

President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, closed their case in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Court. Testifying as the respondents’ star witness, the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele told the court that Tinubu was never indicted, charged or convicted for …

Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Comrade Julius Abure, and others. Others are the National Organising Secretary, Mr. Clement Ojukwu; and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves as LP national officials, The plaintiffs in the case are …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned the hearing on the petitions filed by the Labour Party to Wednesday, 17th May 2023. A spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, who appeared in court as one of the legal representatives of the party, said on Wednesday that the court adjourned after a brief hearing of petitions. He wrote: …

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi have supported the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja. After Wednesday’s proceeding, counsel to Obi, Dr Livy Uzoukwu told reporters that it has become imperative to …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Others stopped from parading themselves as national officers are the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and the Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. Justice Hamza Muazu issued …

Ahead of the governorship primaries in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States, the Labour Party has reduced nomination fee from N25 million to N15 million. In a series of tweets Monday, spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, had out over the N25 million governorship nomination fee, describing it as exorbitant. Highlighting Article 8(h) of the party’s constitution, he …

The Labour Party has promised to refund the ₦25 million nomination fee paid by the late governorship aspirant in Imo State, Humphrey Anumudu, to his family. This was disclosed by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, while speaking after a meeting with the party’s National Assembly lawmakers-elect in Abuja on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Abure also used the …

A Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant in Imo State, Humphrey Anumudu has been found dead in his house. Anumudu was reported dead in his Lagos home after returning from a meeting at the LP secretariat in Abuja. The deceased was a native of Mbieri Ancient Kingdom in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. Reacting to his death, a family …