Lamidi Apapa Seizes Leadership: Fresh Twist in Labour Party Showdown
A new turn of events has surfaced in the ongoing struggle for control within the Labour Party, as Pa Lamidi Apapa has declared his assumption of leadership.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, Apapa and his group, who had been absent from politics over the last year, resurfaced during an altercation. Julius Abure - Led National Task Force and the Nenadi Usman Caretaker Committee.
Governor Alex Otti and Peter Obi , the Labour Party presidential torchbearer for the 2023 election, backed the latter.
On Friday, April 11, 2025, all five members of the panel reached a unified decision in their ruling. the apex court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal In Abuja, where Abure was acknowledged as the party’s national chairman.
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The justices highlighted that disagreements within party leadership should be considered an internal matter, remaining beyond the reach of judicial authority.
The choice comes after an appeal was submitted by Senator Nenadi Usman And another appeal, which the Supreme Court deemed to be justified.
Apapa comes back to stake his claim for Labour Party leadership
However, Apapa asserted that, as the the party’s highest-ranking National Deputy Chairman The Supreme Court's ruling has positioned him favorably to take over from Abure.
He made this announcement via a statement issued by the faction’s National Publicity Secretary. Dr Abayomi Arabambi In this announcement, he also revealed that starting from 2022, his National Working Committee will convene officially next Monday (April 14, 2025) to talk about zoning plans.
After the Supreme Court dismissed the cross-appeal submitted by the deposed ex-National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, on April 4, 2025, it implies that every action and decision made by Julius Abure from April 4, 2023, has been rendered invalid.
In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning all decisions that acknowledged Julius Abure as National Chairman, I, Alhaji Bashiru Lamidi Apapa, who am the most senior Deputy National, and adhering to our party’s constitution under Articles 14(2)(a) and (b), will assume responsibility for managing the operations of our esteemed party starting today in an interim role. Additionally, Alh Farouk Umar Ibrahim has been appointed as National Secretary.
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"Our leadership requests that all members of the Labour Party take notice: The National Working Committee of our party for the year 2022 has scheduled a meeting for next Monday, April 14, 2025. This gathering aims to unveil our strategies, entailing the allocation of the National Chairman role to the Northern region and the National Secretary role to the Southern region," the announcement stated.
