The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) has taken a new turn as the Senator Nenadi Usman-led faction has called for the arrest of the Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, accusing her of criminal collusion with the party’s former National Chairman, Julius Abure.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, titled “INEC’s Acting Chair in Criminal Collusion with Julius Abure Over Fake Court Order – She Must Be Arrested” and signed by the party’s Interim National Spokesman, Toni Akeni, the faction alleged that the INEC boss was aiding Abure in defying a Supreme Court judgment.
According to the statement, the faction claimed it had uncovered “yet another brazen assault on our democracy – this time orchestrated by Mrs Agbamuche-Mbu, in collusion with the former National Chairman of the LP, Mr Abure.”
Akeni condemned Agbamuche-Mbu’s decision to invite Abure to a recent meeting held with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties, despite what he described as a subsisting Supreme Court judgment affirming Senator Usman’s leadership.
He stated: “In her defence, she stated that INEC was merely obeying a court order, claiming that if the faction led by Senator Nenadi Usman presented a valid judgment in their favour, the Commission would comply accordingly.
“However, our independent and painstaking investigation has revealed that no such court order exists.
“While it is true that Mr. Abure filed a suit against INEC in Suit No: CV/1914/2025, before Hon. Justice Kayode Agunloye of Court 40, FCT High Court, Gwagwalada, our formal request for a Certified True Copy (CTC) of any order purportedly recognising him as Chairman was met with a categorical confirmation from the court that no such order was ever granted.”
The statement further challenged Mrs Agbamuche-Mbu to publicly produce “the so-called court order” which she allegedly relied upon in recognizing Abure.
It added: “The truth is that INEC’s acting leadership has willfully relied on a fabricated and non-existent order to justify an illegal and politically motivated act.
“Although it would have still been null and void even if such order existed, especially in the face of the Supreme Court’s unambiguous judgment of 4th April 2025 which conclusively upheld Senator Nenadi Usman’s leadership of the Labour Party.”
The faction also urged its members nationwide to **prepare for a peaceful demonstration** to protest what it described as “institutional complicity and injustice.”
While calling on the incoming INEC Chairman to purge the system of individuals who connive with politicians to subvert justice, the statement warned that actions such as those allegedly committed by the acting INEC boss threaten public trust in Nigeria’s democratic institutions.
